September 13, 2007 Child’s Play In Iraq By Michael J. O’Shea “I am reminded of the time I saw my 3-year-old daughter trying and failing to tie her shoes. She got angry. Still, she kept trying. “‘This is difficult,’ she concluded. ‘But I like difficult.’” A child grittier than Congressional leaders, spunkier than people twenty […]

They may have won the House and Senate but, the way the Democrats think today is definitely a minority. Their mode of thinking, their view of the world, their view of this country’s place in the world, is a minority opinion in this country. They may not even realize it. When you have a bunch […]

A story from The Politico.com-Democrats scramble for Iraq strategy in which it was stated that the Democrats are searching for a new policy now, a new strategy, on Iraq. They don’t quite know what to do. Well, here it is. Headline: “‘Democrats Scramble for Iraq Strategy.’ Democrats are scrambling to deal with a new dynamic […]

Sept 10-07 Tom Lantos, who is co-chairing the committee (he’s from California) told Petraeus (I’m going to have to paraphrase this) that he knows — he, Lantos, and all Congress knows — that Petraeus and Crocker have been sent up there to convince the Congress and the American people that victory is at hand. Lantos […]

6 years later… Reflections on 9/11 I want you to take, especially with what is happening in the country today and around the world, the threats that we are faced with, take just a few seconds and recall how you felt on that day when you first saw pictures or when you first heard what […]