Rediscovering the NFL's True North
I'm a huge football fan, and have rooted for the 49ers since my dad first exposed me to the game when I was five or six. I spent most of my birthdays growing up at the 49ers training camp in Rocklin,...
View ArticleIran's Covert and Quiet Military Build Up and Operations
The Islamic Republic has exercised a tactical shift with regards to its mass strategic signaling when it comes to its military and ballistic capabilities, development of nuclear technologies, covert...
View ArticleSunday Roundup
This week, the country had a national teach-in about domestic violence courtesy of a grainy elevator video showing Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice knocking out his then-fiancée Janay Palmer. The...
View ArticleOf the 17,891 Deaths from Terrorism Last Year, 19 Were American. Let Iraqis...
The reality of the war against terrorism is that since 2001, the U.S. has weakened groups like Al-Qaeda, but "hasn't wiped any out" according to a recent Washington Post article. Retired Air Force...
View ArticleMr. Obama, Reconsider Waging War in Syria, But If You Must...
Okay, it's been decided. The United States will wage war in Syria (yes "war", that's what you call it whenever a sovereign nation launches a military attack against another sovereign nation). It will...
View ArticleImages Matter: ISIL Knew That
Big, bold images of barbarism are shocking and shaking our civilization to its very core with the third brutal beheading and murder by ISIL of three: two US journalists James Foley, Steven Sotloff, and...
View ArticleSimple Economic Plan That Wins the Midterms: Minimum Wage and Middle Class...
"If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich." -- JFK, Inaugural Address Democrats should keep pounding away at the minimum wage, but with the added message...
View ArticleVideocracy - Filmed Violence That Galvanizes Opinion and Policy (See ISIS and...
LISTEN HERE: By Mark Green Katrina and Lowry debate whether a) beheadings and media war whoops forced Obama's hand; b) he gets a boost or blame in November; c) he'll escalate if Bombs-without-Boots...
View ArticleTwo Cheers for Obama
It took President Obama a long time and multiple stumbles to back into a foreign policy role that looks something like leadership. If Russian President Putin is agreeing to a cease-fire in Ukraine that...
View ArticleGet Out! - The Only Sane Response to the Islamic State
The Islamic State (ISIS) proves the law of unintended consequences. Congratulations America! We killed Christianity in the Middle East and unleashed a terror organization with far greater reach and...
View ArticleAn American Talks Turkey About the 'Intolerant' Chicken
Here in America, we have a knack for twisting around the meaning of a word and molding it into something we can get a bit more use out of. Americans are good at capitalizing on opportunities. In fact,...
View ArticleDomestic Violence in America, 2014: NBC Football Guy Chris Collinsworth Says...
NBC color analyst Chris Collinsworth believes in a low bar of integrity on domestic violence. Sunday night he explained that bar during the San Francisco-Chicago game. He emphasized that San Francisco...
View ArticleBush/Cheney Created Conditions that Led Directly to ISIL
It takes a lot of gall for people like Dick Cheney to utter even one critical word about President Obama's strategy to eliminate the threat of ISIL in the Middle East. In fact, it was the unnecessary...
View ArticleLimiting Voter Participation in the Middle of Crisis
In less than two months, Americans will once again head to the polls to participate in the all-important midterm elections. But unfortunately, not everyone will be able to cast a vote. On Friday, a...
View ArticleSome Atheists and Transhumanists are Asking: Should it be Illegal to...
Religious child soldiers carrying AK-47s. Bullying anti-gay Jesus kids. Infant genital mutilation. Teenage suicide bombers. Child Hindu brides. No matter where you look, if adults are participating in...
View ArticleWhat We Don't Know About Syrian Rebels Dwarfs What We Do
"First of all, I've vetted a number of them [Syrian Rebels], because I know them." -- Senator John McCain, on CNN, explaining who is going to vet the Syrian moderates, before we send them weapons Well,...
View Article#2: The Republican Party's Extraordinary Pattern of Destructiveness
The following is the second in a series whose purpose is to show what's gone wrong in our nation's political arena, and to help start the process of setting things right. The series is addressed to all...
View ArticleA No-Fly Zone Would Hurt Both Assad and ISIS
PRISTINA, Kosovo -- As the U.S. builds its coalition and prepares to strike ISIS, it is critical for President Obama to follow his own long-held and oft-stated conviction and spell out the endgame....
View ArticleUN Climate Summit Approaches, as Evidence Against UNnatural Gas Rises
The United States has its foot hard on the natural gas pedal, as we careen towards United Nations Climate Summit Program 2014. Next week world leaders will gather at U.N headquarters in New York, and...
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