It's no secret that Donald Trump wants everybody to think of him as our stern "Daddy." When something bad happens to you, Daddy comes home and lectures you on how stupid you were, and how you have to be more careful next time. Then he grabs a beer and goes to sit on the couch ...read more

Monday, December 19 saw two horrific events -- the murder of the Russian Ambassador to Turkey and an attack in Berlin that was similar to last summer’s truck attack in Nice, France. Those tragic events were the genesis of another one -- president-elect Trump’s decision to label ...read more

The article I wrote on the back and forth between Glenn Greenwald and Andrew Sullivan on the definition of 'terrorism' sparked off an interesting debate on the Banter. Here are some of the comments from our readers (my thoughts below each comment): js hooper writes: Greenwald ...read more

London is still in shock from the public beheading of an off-duty soldier, innocently going about his business in the streets of Woolwich two days ago. The callousness of this random attack has disturbed the whole country and those, like myself, who are a little too curious, ...read more

The L.A Times has done a must read piece on the ludicrous amount of money the US government is spending on domestic security measures. The article reports: A decade after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, federal and state governments are ...read more

Glenn Greenwald has a list of all the Islamic terrorists being held in America right now. The borders haven't melted yet. For me this issue connects with the attack on John Kerry in 2004 for having the nerve to argue that much of the fight versus terrorism is a law enforcement ...read more