Category Archives: Politics

Looks like others are picking up on the theme started by Lt. Col. Paul Yingling in his article A failure in generalship, published in the Armed Forces Journal.  (My previous post on this here.) Paul Kaplan’s article Challenging the Generals … Continue reading →

The June 21 leader from the Economist magazine echoes some of the points I made last week (I’m making no claims for originality of insight).  "…Western policy is in danger of strengthening the wrong side by making the Islamists look … Continue reading →

Over at the Guardian, Jonathan Steele claims that Hamas’s seizure of control of the Gaza Strip was aimed a pre-empting a Fatah-led, US-sponsored coup against it.   Steele presents Hamas as a victim of sinister US, Israeli and Fatah plotting all stemming … Continue reading →

Further to my previous post, Fouad Ajami writes a dirge for the Palestinians in the New York Times.  "The Palestinian ruin was a long time in coming. No other national movement has had the indulgence granted the Palestinians over the last … Continue reading →

This commentary by Michael Oren in the Wall Street Journal summed up my thoughts pretty neatly.  Following the military takeover of the Gaza Strip by Hamas, there seems to be a headlong rush on the part of the US, Israel and … Continue reading →

You have to admire the courage of Lt. Col Paul Yingling, deputy commander of the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment.  His article, A failure in generalship, published in the Armed Forces Journal, is an insider’s critique of the competence and character of … Continue reading →

In The Power of Green, a feature article in the April 15, 2007 edition of the Sunday New York Times Magazine, Thomas Friedman writes that the United States can and should lead the world to a greener future.  He argues that … Continue reading →

Russell Shorto’s Keeping the Faith in the Sunday New York Times magazine of April 8, 2007 (TimesSelect subscription required) is another in a recent spate of articles about Pope Benedict XVI.  This most likely coincides with the 2nd anniversary of … Continue reading →

The April 2, 2007 issue of The New Yorker has an article titled The Pope and Islam by Jane Kramer.  It’s an analysis of the relationship between the Roman Catholic Church and Islam under Pope Benedict XVI.  Kramer’s thesis, as … Continue reading →

In a recent article published in The New Republic, and posted at The Edge, Harvard psychology professor Steven Pinker argues in A History of Violence that violence has been declining over the long term development of human society.  Today, Pinker says, violence … Continue reading →