Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Trial of Former Khmer Rouge Leaders Plods Along

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Covering a trial that is taking place some 8,000 miles away is not the easiest thing to do--especially when it is getting such scant coverag...
Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Khmer Rouge Trials Long Overdue

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This week, after more than 30 years, a United Nations supported tribunal began the trial of the three highest ranking surviving leaders of ...
Saturday, November 19, 2011

When Does a Gap Become a Canyon? (Part 2)

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Accomplished wordsmith William Safire once defined a gap between the generations as "a frustrating lack of communication between young...
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

When Does a Gap Become a Canyon? Part 1

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In the past week or so two stories caught my attention. One decried the growing wealth gap between the young and old in America. The other ...
Sunday, November 6, 2011

Is the American Empire at an End? Part III

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When President Obama scrapped the U.S. Manned Space program via Presidential fiat recently, he signaled to the world that the U.S. was ced...
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Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Is the American Empire at an End? (Part II)

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Most Americans, I believe, would prefer to think of China as a friendly nation with a different political and economic perspective of th...
Monday, October 31, 2011

Is the American Empire at an End? (Part I)

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In the late 1980s most political pundits were writing off the United States as the preeminent economic power in the world. Japan, they...