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This global incident map of terrorism and other activities updates every 30 seconds.
On 6-24-2007

AFGHANISTAN-NATO Kills 60 Taliban Terrorists In Operations In Afghanistan-Pakistan Border
AFGHANISTAN-Lashkar Gah-Soldiers attacked by Afghan roadside bomb
AFGHANISTAN-Lashkar Gah-Over a dozen Taliban, coalition soldier killed
AFGHANISTAN-Andar-Taliban seize 18 Afghan mine clearing experts
AFGHANISTAN-Musa Qala-Taliban behead local police chief’s son
COLOMBIA-Buenaventura-Bomb kills at least two in troubled Colombia [...]

What’s the appropriate reaction to something like this? Check it out.
On the August 16 edition of Fox News’ Your World, host Neil Cavuto interviewed Christian author Joel C. Rosenberg, whom he identified only as a “Middle East analyst,” regarding a recent Iranian “Holocaust cartoon contest,” and why “many in the Western media aren’t seeing” that [...]

This about sums it up. Bush really doesn’t seem to be able to accept the differences between American democracy and a kingship.
Bush declares himself absolute ruler: It’s ‘my government’
August 8, 2006 6:28 AM

Once again, President George W. Bush has shown complete disregard and utter contempt for the documents which define this country: The Declaration of [...]

What can you do? Some. Call your congressional representatives and express your views. Even if you know they won’t agree, someone keeps track of the numbers. Be polite and specific about your support or opposition on a particular bill, resolution, or issue.
Here are a few actions that I did today to get you [...]

There’s a lot of back and forth about charging Americans for transport out of Lebanon, but here’s a more interesting question.
Why is the U.S. chartering civilian ships to transport Americans out of Lebanon anyway? XPatriated Texan is “really teed-off”:
When I was serving, we always had a “Gator fleet” - a battle group ready to conduct [...]

If you’re wondering why I haven’t blogged on the current violence in the Middle East, it’s because my opinion is not as well-informed as it could be. I don’t feel qualified to stand forth with an analysis.
I don’t trust much of what I’m hearing in the news, especially knowing that there is a lot of [...]