Patrick Porter writes about two contending visions of the Afghan insurgency:Burke is playing down the economic angle. But there is a certain tension, or tradeoff, between ‘power’/'politics’ and ‘tribal vendettas’/'ethnicity.’Identity can define allegiance, but not...
The weather favors us today, so much so that the dog refuses to come inside. It is 81 degrees and dry.I have a beautiful new bike, which I have ridden only a few times. The wife and kid are out of...
Over at Coming Anarchy, "Munro Ferguson" writes:This past December, UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon warned that the current geo-economic crisis would add fuel to the already raging fire that is...