Mr. Karzai, who owes his position and probably his very existence, to the overthrow of the Taliban government in a 2001 invasion, has become emboldened by the corrupt election that kept him in power. Under the protection of the U.S. military in Afghanistan , Mr. Karzai has been able to hold secretive meetings

Years ago I had a friend whom I will call Sam. He had been a Marine in Viet Nam and suffered Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. His conversations threw me back into the clutches of a time which stirred a cauldron of emotions in me. Having come of age in the sixties, I thought I had developed a perspective of that era which neither romanticized it nor intellectualized it. Somewhere in the middle was the truth as I had lived it, a college student looking for reality through an unfocused lens.
When …

The warming sunshine and easy-going  days of summer have once again become a memory, at least  in most parts of the country, and the 2009-2010 hurricane season has slipped silently (so far) through the door. The experts in these matters at the National Weather Service tell us that America is in for a severe hurricane season this year, largely due to the El Nina phenomenon occurring out in the Pacific Ocean.  I suppose you have to be a meteorologist to really understand how Pacific Ocean currents can have much bearing on …