Review of Dan Balz’s Collision 2012

Author Dan Balz writes, “Presidential elections are often retold from the inside out, as if all power and wisdom flow from the strategists plotting and arguing inside their secured headquarters.” This hits the nail on the head, and is part of the reason the book is such a great read. […]


New Iranian President Inaugurated

This morning, Hassan Rouhani was sworn in as Iran’s new president during a session of parliament. Rouhani won the presidential election as a moderate and has sparked hope in the West of improving relations with Iran. However, he said that any interaction with Iran must happen through dialogue. He called […]


Speaker Boehner Statement on July Jobs Report

“Three years after the Obama administration proclaimed ‘welcome to the recovery,’ we’re still seeing the same thing month after month: not enough new jobs and an unemployment rate far higher than promised. Nearly five years of aggressive intervention by Washington – the ‘stimulus’ era of excessive spending, excessive red tape, […]


Economy Adds 162,000 Jobs

The Department of Labor’s monthly jobs report shows that the economy added 162,000 jobs in July. The unemployment rate fell to 7.4%. Many analysts were expecting about 180,000 jobs to be created. The Department also revised the May and June job numbers downward. This was the lowest jobs report since […]


WikiLeaks Statement on Edward Snowden Asylum

From WikiLeaks: Today, Thursday 1st August at 15:50 MSK, Edward Snowden was granted temporary asylum in Russia. He left Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow with WikiLeaks staffer and legal advisor Sarah Harrison who has accompanied him during his 39 day stay in the transit zone and continues to do so. Ms […]