The Libyan rebels probably aren’t strong enough to defeat Gaddafi on their own, and the no-fly zone isn’t going to be enough either. Which means this operation is going to be far more extensive than President Obama is willing to admit publicly.
Obama is visiting Brazil and Chile while American fighting men join the coalition against Libya.
Fewer Americans are watching cable news networks, and that’s not surprising.
Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann is beginning to more like a real candidate for President. She won’t win, but she will be entertaining.
The saga of accused Wikileaks conspirator Bradley Manning continues to get uglier, with the military acknowledging that he was forced to spend the day naked for, well, no apparent reason.
Pfc. Bradley Manning faces twenty-two new charges, including one that could put him before a firing squad, but investigators still can’t prove any direct links between him and Wikileaks.
Some conservatives are finally waking up and realizing what people like Glenn Beck are doing to the movement. It’s probably too late, though.
Four U.S. citizens on a yacht hijacked by Somali pirates last week are dead. American military have killed the pirates.
Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak is expected to step down after 17 days of pro-democracy protests.
Oddly, the Democratic Party seems to be responding to the 2010 midterms by moving further left.
Egypt entered a second day of chaos with all signs pointing to things getting worse before they get better.
Al Jazeera English is kicking the butts of the American news networks on the Egypt story. Why?
The speculation on Keith Olbermann’s abrupt departure from MSNBC’s top-rated show continues. Was he fired? Did he quit? Did the Comcast overlords push?
After a fairly bad 2010, Barack Obama is starting off 2011 in a very good position.
The American media and Sarah Palin have developed an odd symbiotic relationship, and it’s unlikely to change anytime soon.
There is a problem with political rhetoric in this country, but telling people to be nicer to each other isn’t going to cool it down.
It was, perhaps, inevitable that someone would attempt to draw a comparison between Saturday’s shootings in Arizona and the Oklahoma City bombing, but the two events really don’t have anything in common.
President Obama’s selection of Bill Daley as Chief of Staff is being seen as a sign that the White House is moving to the center and gearing up for 2012.
Constitutional ambiguity is as old as, well, it’s as old as the Constitution itself
Contrary to current conservative talking points, Net Neutrality is not a nefarious government scheme to takeover the Internet, but is aimed to address a real problem. Like most ideas that involve the government, though, it doesn’t really address the real source of the problem; not enough freedom
Internal memos reveal that Fox News spins the news in ways that favor conservative Republicans. Is that really news?
Despite the Defense Department releasing its study showing that the effects of allowing gays to serve openly would be minimal, Senator John McCain isn’t convinced.
Former Republican Congressman Joe Scarborough wants the GOP to stop kowtowing to Sarah Palin and her acolytes. He’s right.
Some on the right are beginning to realize that Sarah Palin’s popularity may cause a serious problem for the GOP in 2012.
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