The Republic of Turkey is generally regarded as a democracy. The latest Freedom House report on electoral democracies asserts such. By virtue of being a candidate country for EU enlargement, Turkey, the easternmost member of NATO is a democracy. However, were Turkey to join the supranational European Union, it would be the only member state [...]
Posts from ‘June, 2009’
GOP Finally Pushing Cohesive Message
House Democrats may have passed the global warming bill that promises to hamstring the economy this week, but the GOP put up a fight that may prove strong enough to help derail it in the Senate. Yes, it was a losing effort, but they darn near overcame insurmountable odds in the very Left-leaning House. In [...]
Metro Tragedy Presents a Worrying Depiction of Accountability in Government.
The tragedy which occurred just inside the District of Columbia just days ago involving two WMATA trains hits close to home for many in the surrounding area. The 2010 Conservative Political Action Conference will be at a different hotel adjacent to the same Woodley Park/Zoo/Adams Morgan Red Line stop which many used to arrive at or depart from [...]
What Iranian Protestors Can Teach Us About Being American
Plenty has been said about President Obama’s response, or lack thereof, to the situation in Iran. This is one issue I will not attack him for. I do not think our dear POTUS fully understands that he is supposed to be “The Leader of the Free World” and I also think his Fourth of July [...]
The Obama-Biden Administration
Republicans are winning the messaging war on health care reform, and the tide is turning on the national debt. However, The President’s approval numbers remain much higher than those of his policies. The man is either in an extended honeymoon or just too darn likeable. Many rightly assumed he would remain bulletproof for some time [...]
Recent Events Indicate Relevance of New Media
How disappointing. When Time magazine put Barack Obama on the cover a few months ago, few if any actually thought that the old media would actively neglect is role, and treat President Obama like a second FDR. Unfortunately, recent events have shown this to be the case. In recent weeks, NBC ran television specials on [...]
Giving Democrats a Taste of Their Own Medicine
One of the many successful strategies that Democrats have used against Republicans as of late is the age-old “divide and conquer” strategy. Their success has depended on breaking our formally big tent into many small tents while greatly expanding their own. But in expanding their big tent into a huge tent, the Democrats have left [...]
Confirm Sotomayor Now
To be perfectly honest, I’m glad to see Republicans backtracking from their attacks on Sonia Sotomayor. No, I don’t think she possesses the right temperament or restraint for the Supreme Court, but I don’t think we could have gotten a much better candidate than the one Obama gave us. Think of the right’s restraint as [...]
Elections in Iran Likely to Change Little.
Many on the Left and Right alike in the United States await the defeat of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the Iranian presidential election which occurred Friday. So far, both sides have claimed victory, but the record turnout might favor a former prime minister there, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, the main challenger. The last refomer to hold the Iranian [...]
Rethinking the Cybersecurity Czar
I initially supported President Obama’s decision to create a cybersecurity czar position. Before, the work had been done by the Department of Homeland Security, but internal wrangling over territory proved it ineffective. Private networks could be secured under their jurisdiction, but security for public infrastructure was held on to tooth and nail by the NSA. [...]