Back in the first American revolution

...we went to war with our government over problems that were trivial compared to this.

The Afghan oxymoron

"Afghan democracy" is one of those phrases like "jumbo shrimp" or "honest politician" - one term contradicts the other.  The key point from Michael Yon's latest dispatch: "Democracy" does not grow on land where most people don't vote. It's a fool's game to try to establish a democracy in Afghanistan.

Moloch returns

Rand Simberg describes what's really going on in Gaza as civilization tries once again to defeat evil.