Month: July 2005

Here is from today’s Star Newspaper, Ireland.  Once again I am typing it out because you can’t get it off the net, and neither can I.  On Tuesday I quoted from an article in the Irish Times,...

JUDICIARY COMMITTEE Arlen Specter CHAIRMAN, PENNSYLVANIA Orrin G. Hatch UTAH- up for re-election Charles E. Grassley IOWA Jon Kyl ARIZONA- up for re-election Mike DeWine OHIO- up for re-election Jeff Sessions ALABAMA Lindsey...

Well, it’s Friday again!  Time to start the holiday weekend with a nice frou-frou frozen drink (or maybe two, with the news that Justice O’Connor is stepping down): Watermelon Slushy Mojito A word of caution:...

Having served as a doctor in the Army Medical Corps early in my career and as presidential physician to George H.W. Bush for four years, I might be expected to bring a skeptical and partisan perspective to allegations of torture...

Right now we have a serious problem with recruitment for the armed forces. Why shouldn’t all these mercenary firms be seized and the empoyees forcibly inducted into the US armed forces? The recent ruling of the Supremes in...