Extended tours endanger troops
By JOHN CRISP One of the great wonders of the Iraq war is the patience with which our troops have endured unanticipated extensions of their deployments and multiple deployments to the…
Politics of personal distraction
By DAN K. THOMASSON Don't you just love it? Before the race for the Democratic presidential nomination was more than a few weeks old, the candidates certified the accuracy of Will Rogers'…
The ‘Net as terrorist tool
By TRISH CHOATE A popular book among terrorists, "39 Ways to Serve and Participate in Jihad," explains how wannabes who can't fight on the front lines can still help the cause. For…
Jesus Christ & Building 7
By SANDY PRICE Two news items that may shake the world we know appeared this week. The first one comes from a find in Jerusalem and has been called “The Lost…
Nuclear retaliation after an al Qaeda WMD attack
By HAL BROWN If the United States is attacked by al Qaeda and suffers very heavy casualties, a nuclear strike may be our only option for retaliation. As a nationless enemy…
Top Iraqi official wounded in bomb blast
Iraq's Shi'ite vice president and a cabinet minister were wounded in an apparent assassination attempt on Monday when a bomb killed six to 10 people at a ministry in Baghdad…
Levin: Limit troop role in Iraq
By THOMAS FERRARO A top U.S. Senate Democrat said on Sunday his party aims to limit the role of the nearly 140,000 American troops in Iraq and withdraw most of them…
Pentagon ordered to prepare Iran bombing plan
Despite the Bush administration's insistence it has no plans to go to war with Iran, a Pentagon panel has been created to plan a bombing attack that could be implemented…
Sharpton’s family were slaves to Senator Thurmond’s family
Geneaologists have found that civil rights activist the Rev. Al Sharpton is a descendent of a slave owned by relatives of the late Sen. Strom Thurmond, a newspaper reported Sunday. The…
