How far did the CIA go with interrogations?

I have long been someone who believes the persons involved in the CIA’s enhanced interrogations program should not be prosecuted. This especially applies to those who were tasked with the actual interrogations by higher officials intent on getting information from those who were detained. I have long been someone who has believed that the situation [...]

Nancy Pelosi, the CIA, and the Republicans

I have refrained from writing about the battle of words that is currently under way between the Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and the CIA, concerning how much information Congress was given about the waterboarding of terrorist suspects. Personally, I can’t believe she didn’t know what was going on, as she was the top [...]

President Obama opposes release of abuse photos

Well, the uproar has begun and who knows where the chips will fall. President Obama made it very clear when he was candidate Obama that he wanted his administration to be open and transparent to the American public and the world. It was one of his main campaign themes and he used it heavily in [...]

Should we prosecute Bush officials?

Despite his best efforts to turn the conversation of the country forward and not backward to the Bush administration, President Obama is having to face the issue of harsh interrogations. He has made if pretty clear that he doesn’t want to spend much time on this, preferring to look to advancing his agenda for the [...]

The legacy of George W. Bush

As we near the end of President Bush’s 2nd and last term in office, I thought it would be fitting to write about the legacy of one of the most maligned Presidents our country has ever had and most certainly, one of the most unpopular Presidents in my lifetime.
One of George Bush’s biggest failures has [...]

Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton

It came as no suprise yesterday, when President-elect, Barack Obama announced Senator HIllary Clinton as his nominee for Secretary of State. The nomination had been rumored for several days and the President-elect didn’t disappoint. Since the first days of his campaign, Obama has been talking about change, the change he wants to bring to America [...]

Why the Republican party was rejected on November 4th

Now that Barack Obama has been elected as our country’s first African American President, we have a little time to reflect on how this massive change in our country has came about. You see, Obama didn’t do this alone. He managed to excite a lot of new and experienced voters at the same time and [...]

Democrats lay their cards on the table

I was able to catch a few of the speeches last night at the Democratic National Convention and they really laid their cards on the table. It should come as no surprise how they plan to win this election. We have a very unpopular President in George W. Bush and a candidate in John McCain [...]