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By Barry Hastings Results of our (ever-so-slowly-ending) business in Afghanistan, and badly-ended fool's errand in Iraq, are not going to be pretty — not even cosmetically tolerable. We took action…

We all have been told ever since Osama Bin Laden was killed that Al-Qaeda was destroyed, on the run or in retreat and generally we have not much to worry…

by Barry Hastings  ‘War on Terror’ prosecution incompetent  The oft repeated question of journalists and citizens today is, "What's our strategy for preventing attacks of the type we're seeing across…

As the observance of Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday approaches, I submit that the way we view Dr. King has some interesting similarities with how we regard Jesus Christ. The…

Blasphemy: blas•phe•my  [noun] Profane talk of something supposed to be sacred; impious irreverence. (Oxford English Dictionary) Illegal in Michigan? You bet! Well, bloody hell — who knew? Take the Lord’s…

French Philosopher and writer Voltaire is credited with saying, “I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it.”…