It seems that speculation about the authenticity of President-elect Obama’s birth certificate will regain a little steam lost since Election Day.  This time, a new analysis of the document that the Obama campaign asserts …

[This essay was subsequently published as Crosscut.com's Weekend Essay on November 29, 2008 under the headline "Obama and Europe: How long a love-fest?" with some minor editing and revision.]
image The bells of all Europe’s cathedrals …

As I enter into the early portion of my Thanksgiving routine – namely sharing the sofa with my family and taking in the smells wafting in from the kitchen, yams and peach cobblers we will …

As reported by multiple news outlets, including the Miami Herald, Cuban President Raúl Castro has stated that he is willing to meet with President-elect Obama on "neutral ground", suggesting that the Guantánamo Bay United States …

The Seattle Times is looking for spare change between the sofa cushions, as it begins to sell off real estate assets in order to unburden itself from massive debt obligations, and now may be the …

This morning, I received a link to a video someone made for promotional use by the United States Air Force.  The slogan is "America’s Air Force: Then, Now, Always," and uses audio from a John …