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Link here: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6160161n About the Green Berets in Afghanistan. The training doesn't work, the Afghans...

Someone I know sent me a link to this thoughtful analysis by Frank Furedi: No doubt there are many desperate people in Haiti who feel they ...

That's my take-away from Douglas Murray's blog coverage in The Telegraph (UK): There is nothing hyperbolic in stating that a trial w...

Worst mistake, IMHO, the President's line about "unity in diversity." That's the national motto of Indonesia, not the Unit...

Bloomberg has this story with a happy ending. (Full disclosure: I drive a Saab).

From the New Haven Register : I am deeply disturbed by the treatment of Haiyan Bai, a citizen of China hired to teach Chinese at Hamden High...

Over their Haitian relief efforts... From the current issue [free, but registration required] (ht AidWatch): Politicians and the media make...

The Guardian reports : The Church of England has lost £40m from a disastrous investment in a buyout of two vast Manhattan housing complexes,...

From Baseline Scenario (ht Huffington Post): The support for Bernanke in the Senate hangs by a thread – with Harry Reid providing a message...

Watched it last night with someone I know, and we both enjoyed it thoroughly--especially Michael Gambon as Mr. Woodhouse and the rest of the...

Saw this post on my university library blog , and couldn't believe what I was reading... A Sad Farewell to Scientific American Posted: J...

Thank you, Senator-Elect Scott Brown! From The Washington Post : For much of last year, Paul Volcker wandered the country arguing for toughe...

IMHO, "Throw the Bums Out" Which means insiders are in danger, while outsiders have electoral potential, in 2010. Obama could surv...

From BaselineScenario.com : Think of it this way. If the Democrats lose badly in November – as seems likely, with their current weak and un...

From Small Wars Journal (ht Tom Ricks, NPR website): For military personnel assigned to conduct humanitarian assistance and disaster relief...

From today's New York Times: WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has told his military aides not to wear combat fatigues to w...

APPENDIX C Summary of Findings and Recommendations Finding 2.1 DoD programs, policies, processes, and procedures that address identification...

AKA Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service...