Syndicated Columns
U.S. must send clear message to Karzai
The re-election of President Hamid Karzai creates new headaches for the Obama administration. But it also presents opportunities to be seized. The August election was rigged; the dragged-out recount was a farce. A runoff scheduled for this Saturday was canceled ...
- Tactical terrorism at work
The election was two days away, and pollsters were calling it a deadlock between two candidates clearly representing the nation’s left and right wings. - Reminders that life isn’t fair
It costs $722 to fly from St. Paul/Minneapolis to Bismarck, N.D., and you can fly from St. Paul/Minneapolis to Paris for $754. Life is unfair; we all know this. Big prizes go to mediocrities while you struggle on, unappreciated. - Media earn public mistrust
On Nov. 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall was pulled down to the consternation of leftists, who still had faith socialism could work with the right leaders, and to the delight of conservatives, who believed that socialism and communism guaranteed mutually shared poverty. - There’s no democracy without the women
It’s been 11 years since I looked through a photo album smuggled out of Afghanistan by a brave young woman.