Archive for September, 2007
Why does the U.S. continue to fail military veterans?
I was disturbed reading a story today about the medical and financial crises being faced by increasing numbers of military veterans in America.
Oh, sure, we all remember the Walter Reed hospital debacle of a couple of years ago — but how aware are you of the sad stories of so many who serve their country [...]
Should ‘No Child Left Behind’ continue as law of the land?
President Bush called today for renewal of his “No Child Left Behind” federal education law.
As a writer and a former teacher, I’m all in favor of education, literacy, and all those other good things associated with an intelligent culture. But every time I read or hear anything about this particular federal law, I cringe just [...]
Would ‘CITO’ work in the war against terrorism? John Edwards thinks so
Democratic Presidential Candidate John Edwards announced a plan for an international organization which would pool resources and information in the worldwide war on terrorism. He’s calling it the “Counterterrorism and Intelligence Treaty Organization” or CITO.
In theory, such international efforts ought to be handled in already existing organizations like the United Nations, perhaps. In reality, there [...]
Nuclear transport issue is one most of us choose to ignore
When I was a kid, I used to try really hard not to think about some of the science stuff I’d see or read about — things like a wayward asteroid hitting the earth, that day in the far, far future when the sun goes nova and incinerates the earth, and the reality that I [...]
Iraqis fail to meet benchmarks — should we be surprised?
The big surprise isn’t that the Iraqis have failed to meet most benchmarks set in 2006. At least, given any news coming out of that nation for the last year or more, it shouldn’t be a big surprise.
The big surprise is that most supporters of this sorry, sad war won’t let the latest Iraqi failures [...]
Bush finds some quality time on the ground in Iraq
Shades of fake turkeys on Thanksgiving Day — President Bush made another surprise visit to Iraq! News reports say he slipped out of Washington secretly (that’s no small trick, I guess, given the size and nature of Air Force One??) and made a quick stop in al-Anbar province on his way to the Asia Pacific [...]
