December 1, 2012 NEW YORK – The wicked 19th century American cynic Ambrose Bierce defined diplomacy in his “Devil’s Dictionary” as “the patriotic art of lying for one’s country.” True enough. But diplomacy is also the fine art of getting one’s way without war, and convincing people that it’s in […]
November 17, 2012 NEW YORK – The US has lost one war and is fast losing a second, yet what really upsets Americans seems to be a juicy sexual scandal; beautiful female general groupies; US brass in Tampa, Florida, living like potentates; the FBI investigating CIA; and the fall of […]
ROGUE REPUBLICAN Oct 5, 2012 NEW YORK – The two titans of American politics, President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney, locked horns this week in the first televised debate of the election season. Romney managed to show that he was still a viable candidate in spite of a […]
