Apart from the very real possibility that Iraqis are now so anti-American that no policy supported by the U.S. could possibly get Iraqi public support, and that no Iraqi politician seen as really supporting the U.S. could possibly manage to survive in Iraqi politics, I think all of us need to ask the President and all our elected federal officials a single question:  What if the new "surge" goes as badly as all our other policies have gone?

Someone wrote in to the editor/opnion section of The Arizona Republic newspaper, expressing a concern many of us have of late...

As years go it has hardly been a great commercial for the idea that religion is balm for the soul.

Depressingly it has rather reinforced the impression, developed over the centuries, that religious belief only deepens and strengthens Man's propensity for hatred and self-destruction.

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Criminalizing statistically normal behavior trivializes lawbreaking.

Proving once again that modern public officials tend to be a whole lot more partisan, zealous, and short sighted than public officials from our distant past, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for detainee affairs actually implied that American businesses could and should boycott law firms who represent people held in detention because they are accused of being terrorists.

Some of us didn't, some did...watch Chimpy's addy to the nation last night, about his desire to send even MORE troops into Iraq...

You've undoubtedly heard about the ongoing scandal of allowing corporate executives to make millions off their stock options by the simple device of back-dating the grant of the option to guaranty huge profits. But did you know that the current popularity of the stock option as a means of compensating the expensive but empty suits was part of a "reform" effort that tried to tie executive compensation to executive "performance?

It is a clear sign of exasperation with Bush when an administration official admits that Bush is willing to sacrifice American troops and Iraqi civilians in order to protect his own delusions.

If you're like me (my regrets in advance), you get a funny feeling in the pit of your stomach when the talking heads start talking about the "job growth" statistics. I think there's a good reason for that funny feeling.

Such reflection would soon lead us to the realization that in situations leading up to war, action often precedes thought.

Have you noticed the recent flurry of commentary advocating the segregation of Iraq by sectarian loyalty?  In other words, if you can't make Shia, Sunni and Kurd play well together, then keep Shia, Sunni and Kurd from sharing the same playground.

In plain English, it's a version of break Iraq up into three separate areas (some people propose separate nations, other separate confederated territories).

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