Frances Oldham Kelsey – a true American hero turns 100
America’s greatest living heroine has just celebrated her 100th birthday — and not a single outlet on our benighted, self-regarding,
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Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s tenure is over
(Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki shakes hands with U.S. President Barack Obama in Baghdad. Wikipedia) Iraq’s arch-surviving Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is finally toast.
Read moreBursting Nate Silver’s bubble
Back on May 20 I expressed skepticism in these columns that Nate Silver would succeed in his admirable, boldly expressed
Read moreBlame Iraq on George W. Bush and the GOP
Wounded U.S. personnel flown from Iraq to Ramstein, Germany, for medical treatment (Feb. 2007). Wikpedia. In the usual myopic way of American
Read moreSome new ‘Big Ideas’ for Nate Silver (Part 2)
This is the second of a two-part series on Nate Silver. Read Part One here. Nate Silver is right: Data
Read moreNate Silver: The Dinosaur Killer (Part 1)
This is the first of two parts. Come back Tuesday for Part 2. What has Nate Silver, publisher and editor-in-chief
Read moreWhy Texas presidents led America to ruin
Three U.S. presidents since World War II have won the praise of historians and the lasting gratitude of the American
Read moreWorld War III looming: What would Churchill and Einstein say on Ukraine Crisis?
Trucks which had been carrying troops are burned on crossroads in Kiev city’s center Feb. 18. (Wikipedia) Britain’s Winston Churchill,
Read moreUkraine crisis far worse than Cold War
U.S. troops and air combat forces are now deploying on Poland, a NATO member nation. On Wednesday, April 23 Russian
Read moreFerry Captain Lee Joon-seok: Shame on you for letting children die
The first call to emergency services from the Sewol, the doomed South Korean ferry, that sank killing probably 302 people
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