"Exit Strategy" is one of those terms that gets bandied about so often that it loses all meaning -- like "jingoist," "compassionate conservative," or "synergy." There are a lot of people -- supporters of the Iraq War and detractors alike -- who keep hooting on and on for somebody to come up with an exit strategy of some sort. Some of these people have their hearts in the right place; others just want a shot at getting into a newspaper story or a CNN newsclip. There are two great problems...

I read Michael Moore's site and generally enjoy it. "Enjoy" doesn't mean the same thing as agree, however, and something has struck me in my reading. What is Mike Moore so pissed off about? The guy's pissed off about the war in Iraq, that's for sure. But... But... He keeps posting articles and links to articles about what a sad job America is doing to help Iraqis. Uhhh...what? You don't want the US military in Iraq in the FIRST PLACE, so why should you care who gets helped o...

Many have considered it a symptom of French blindness that the EU Constitution was recently voted down in that country. Dutch voters also voted "no" on it, although they aren't the whipping boys of the American press like the French are. But perhaps the French had it right. And the precedent can be found in America's own history. The EU Constitution sought to bind many different nation-states together under one government -- but it didn't really have any teeth in it to make those nati...

Benefits for straight married couples make no more sense than benefits for homosexual couples do. Because deciding to cohabitate with a person of the opposite sex, procreate, all that -- well, it's a lifestyle choice. Those people who argue that being straight is pure biology, like being black or white, need to wake up and smell the pheromones. Nobody makes you act on your urges, whatever they are -- heterosexual or homosexual. And yet straight people seem to think they deserve some sor...