Wow. From 9/11..to the poorly managed wars in Iraq and Afghanistan..to Katrina debacle..to the most severe financial downturn since the Great Depression, these have been some rough times. For many of you, like me, these years have been your so-call “formative” ones. They will shape and define our generation in highly unexpected ways. The thing [...]

Obama’s Afghan Third Way
The always insightful E.J. Dionne has penned a great piece on Afghanistan that echos the position that I took last week. Afghanistan is not Vietnam and a surge in Afghanistan is much different than a surge in Iraq. An increase in troops will be necessary but the president’s position will be most [...]

Here at Song of Sibyl we will try our best in preparing you to be an informed observer of the United Nations Conference on Climate Changes. The first article in our Copenhagen series may seem a bit basic to some, but I hope it brings clarity to a common misconception.

(4) Harry Reid is in a Pickle.
Health care reform has passed the House and now has hit the Senate floor. Sounds good, right? Well…no. Harry Reid still needs 60 votes to end the debate and bring health care to a final, up or down vote. The way the numbers are staking up, however, clearly suggests [...]

Senator Chuck Grassley’s (R-IA) favorability ratings have been plummeting even faster than his mental capacity. After 50 years of public service, there might never be a better time to send him back to farm than now.
As a result: Roxanne Conlin, D-Ia., has announced her candidacy for U.S. Senate. Join: http://roxanneforiowa.com/
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A very interesting piece on the mind and motives behind the Senate enigma.The man who was Gore’s (D) running-mate in 2000, one of John McCain’s (R) biggest supporters in 2008, who now plans to filibuster (R) the biggest piece of Democratic legislation in decades, and will campaign for Chris Dodd (D) in his 2010 Senate [...]

A selection of political cartoons that matter.
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Rumor has it that Barack Obama is nearing his big decision about the war in Afghanistan. Will it define his presidency just as Vietnam defined Lyndon Johnson’s? Unlikely. Afghanistan is not Vietnam.