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Guest Post by Mike DePinto Not since Richard Nixon’s trip to China has a president had as much to gain from a visit overseas as President Bush has from his current trip to India. Cementing India’s allegiance as an ally would make tremendous inroads fo… more »

Holocaust Cartoon Contest In Iran http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/02/07/world/main1289317.shtml Guest posting by Mike DePinto The editors of the Hamshahri newspaper in Tehran have taken hypocrisy to a new level. In reaction to the Prophet Moham… more »

Guest posting by Mike DePinto “It is the nature of war that each side must hide as much as can be hidden. The secrecy of this war goes deeper. More than in any other war I have studied, the true reasons for each side’s actions are hidden from view.” A… more »

Guest posting by Mike DePinto Bush: Al Qaeda attack on West Coast thwarted http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/09/bush.terror.ap/index.html Can you remember the last time you were really sick? Unless you currently feel that way, it is difficul… more »

There is plenty of debate in recent days about whether American newspapers should print the cartoons of Mohammed which sparked the past week's riots around the world. In what might be a surprise to those who read me frequently, I say "no". The reas… more »

see "'Brokeback Mountain' leads Oscar field with eight nominations" (AP via SignOnSanDiego, 1/31/06) http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/features/20060131-0746-ca-oscarnominations.html I have two gay relatives (that I know of). I went to college in Ma… more »

Forty year old actor Chris Penn was found dead at his California condo yesterday afternoon. Penn's credits include Footloose, All the Right Moves, and one of my all-time favorites, Reservoir Dogs. In what must be the most brilliant final act of irony… more »

see "Death of a Giant" (Sydney Morning Herald, 12/28/05) http://www.smh.com.au/news/business/death-of-a-giant/2005/12/27/1135445573595.html and "Kerry Packer" (Bio/Obit, Telegraph UK, 12/27/05) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/20… more »

Tim Cavanaugh at Reason Online has made a brilliant and beautiful proposal to help with the costs of rebuilding New Orleans: Take money from the "piggish" Transporation Bill, particularly from Alaska's insanely large share of it. Tim's article is h… more »

PUBLISHED at RealClearPolitics.com, 9/9/05 see: "Dean: Race Played a Role in Katrina Deaths" (AP via Yahoo, 9/7/05) http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050907/ap_on_re_us/howard_dean_baptists_1 and "Dean says race, GOP priorities w… more »