Plead the First

General David Petraeus testified before the House Armed Services and Foreign Relations committees today: President Bush ordered nearly 30,000 additional troops to Iraq in January as part of a campaign to pacify Baghdad and its surrounding provinces. Petraeus said that campaign has largely met its military goals, reducing sectarian killings by more than 50 percent […]

This week, German authorities broke up a terror network that was attempting to bomb U.S. interests in Germany: German police were searching Thursday for 10 suspects believed to have belonged to a terror network that provided assistance to three men accused of plotting massive attacks against U.S. interests in the country, according to an interior […]

Joe Guarino points to Edwards’ new health plan, calling it “totalitarian”. While I think “totalitarian” may be a bit overwrought, I do agree that it’s overly intrusive of the government to require doctors visits by law. I can understand the logic behind requiring it, but legislation to this effect seems over the line. A better […]

The outlook for democracy in Iraq is not so good: Nightmarish political realities in Baghdad are prompting American officials to curb their vision for democracy in Iraq. Instead, the officials now say they are willing to settle for a government that functions and can bring security. A workable democratic and sovereign government in Iraq was […]

Joe Guarino has begun receiving and posting responses to his City Council Candidate Questionnaires. So far he has answers from Robbie Perkins and Angela Carmichael. This was a great idea, and I’m glad to see that at least some of the candidates are participating. Update: Joe wrote to point out that Lance Jones responded last […]

I don’t go in for the “New World Order” talk, but this is a very good article: Had our Christian forebears acted as we do, we would still be a Crown colony today, without the freedom and independence that America has enjoyed for these past two hundred years. Think about it: there would be no […]

Seymour Hardy Floyd is blogging again after a long absence. If you have any interest in what’s going on locally in the Greensboro area, you need to read Hardy’s thoughtful take on matters. Check out Seymour’s Purple Mind II.