Monday, March 31, 2008

Iraq Begins to Stand on its Own Two Feet

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A summary of the past week in Iraq implies that the Iraqi government, and the performance of Iraqi security forces is improved. Notably, Sal...
Sunday, March 30, 2008

Historians Weigh in On Iraq

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Historians may disagree on the politics--right, left, or center--but something like a consensus amongst these academics would imply that mos...

Is Iraq the New Lebanon?

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A brief summary of anti-Mahdi efforts is impressive enough for Iraq since it has, at least temporarily, stunned Sadr. The synopsis includes:...

Rogue Scanner

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I've reviewed network tools with some suggestions but Rogue Scanner may be a better way to find out whether your network has any intrud...
Saturday, March 29, 2008

Basra: At the Worst, Same as It Ever Was

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Today's violence is more of the same and there is no clear-cut result to the day's activity at the very least. On the other hand, de...
Friday, March 28, 2008

Apple Easiest to Cherry Pick

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For only two minutes work Charlie Miller, an analyst at Independent Security Evaluators (ISE), a Baltimore-based security consultancy, walke...

Basra Analysis

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The current move on Basra was inevitable. The Iraqi government, if it is to govern at all, must at some point demonstrate that it is viable,...
Thursday, March 27, 2008

AbiWord: Free and Lite and Easy

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One of the most frustrating aspects of computing really should be one of the simplest. Where can a guy find simple, free word processing sof...
Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Sarkozy Does Not Make a Crowd

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Nicolas Sarkozy has moved France closer to the U.S. and the question today as he visits Britain is whether he can perform the same feat acro...
Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Obama's Taxes

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How much did Obama make last year? On their 2006 tax return, Obama and his wife, Michelle, earned over $991,000 in 2006 and paid $277,431 on...
Monday, March 24, 2008

Non-U.S. Citizens Serve in the Military

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Who would fight for the U.S. if they didn't have to? The answer to that question is the estimated 20,500 "non-U.S. citizens"--...
Sunday, March 23, 2008

Tepid Network Solutions Bows to Islamic Pressure

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American hosting services can accommodate military service personnel being shot but goodness gracious they can not show a Dutch politician w...

Saudi Government Trains for Prayer

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Saudi Arabia is offering to retrain its 40,000 imams, or prayer leaders in an effort to counter militant Islam. My thought here is how scar...
Saturday, March 22, 2008

Bombing Distinction for Germany

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Graphic source: Times Online, Roger Boyes As most of Europe has been slow to support the Coalition the war on terror increasingly comes hom...

U.S. Top Spot for Iraqis

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We hear in the news every day that the Iraqis are displeased with the U.S., nonetheless, the U.S. remains the top destination for refugees.
Friday, March 21, 2008

"The Real Living Culture Is Western Culture"

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It may be difficult to find but there are Arab commentators, such as Muhammad Al-Mahmoud, who make sense.

Obama Consistently Wrong On Iraq

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Obama has consistently been wrong in his assessment of the Iraq war and has differed from Senator Clinton on only one, of eighty-five votes.

Lessig to Change Congress

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Lawrence Lessig, a professor at Stanford Law School, is the founder of Creative Commons and author of Code , The Future of Ideas , and Free ...

Sarkozy to Send 1,000+ Troops to Afghanistan

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There are those naysayers that say the surge did not work nor that Bush could conduct diplomacy; however, Nicolas Sarkozy will bolster Franc...
Thursday, March 20, 2008

Obama's Passport Breached Repeatedly

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Obama's passport records were recently breached although the IT system in place flagged the violation. Nonetheless, the supervisors kept...