President Obama will deliver an address to the nation tonight about Syria and you're invited to join us here for a live chat during his speech.
Comparisons between Iraq and Vietnam, between Baghdad and Saigon, are ubiquitous...and largely on the mark.
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Tamerlan Tsarnaev was shot by police, arrived at the hospital under cardiac arrest with multiple gunshot wounds and blast-like injuries to his chest. The second suspect fled on foot, leading to the tense manhunt that is still underway at this hour.
The military, for a number of years, had a draft. It was done away with in the 1970s and there has been an all voluntary military ever since. I think it is time we go back and re-institute the...
Putin's end game now seems to be, signal a peaceful and responsible solution to Syria's use of chemical weapons with one hand while with the other hand, tying up the U.S. and U.N. so they are unable to act against Syria.
In a year, approximately 4.5 trillion dollars of goods is imported (legally), and a tithe of that is close to a half-trillion. This has been going on for two-and-a-quarter centuries
What we know confidently now is that torture did take place under the Bush Administration by the CIA, that it didn't work or help keep Americans safe, that it permanently undermined our nation's moral authority in the world and that there is absolutely no regret or apology from those who oversaw and committed it.
SCOTLAND- The future of the 307-year old union with England will be decided in 15 hours on Thursday; polls close at 10 p.m. (2100GMT, 5 p.m. EDT)
This was actually an article in a local paper about a historian and Middle East expert spreaking at the University of Montana. It was neat to see such an interesting read in the local paper.
Anyway, here is a link...
