Excerpts from a recent editorial in newspaper in the United States: The New York Post, on President Obama and Iran: ...more

November 24, 2009

"The Darkest Summer: Pusan and Inchon 1950, The Battles That Saved South Korea - and the Marines - From Extinction," by Bill Sloan (Simon & Schuster, $27) ...more

November 22, 2009

I wonder how many people in this country, or the world for that matter, really think we will make any kind of a strong financial recovery without coal and oil? Our manufacturing plants and all of our industries, as well as our small businesses need an ample, dependable and reasonably priced supply of coal and oil, as clean as possible, preferably from the U.S. Wind, sun and battery needs to continue to be developed. I wonder, though, how many windmills, solar panels and batteries would be required to run a car manufacturing plant, along with the tires, glass and steel necessary - once, all very successful; once all very successful in this country. Pollution you say? Are you saying China, North Korea, South Korea, India and Iran, etc. are running their manufacturing plants without coal and oil? Our coal and oil would be used much cleaner in this country. Pollution you say? Ours would be cleaner and doesn't all pollution go into the same sky? ...more

November 22, 2009

Since taking office, President Obama has signaled that the United States wants to improve relations with the powerhouse nations of East Asia, and he'll put his personal imprint on that when he travels to the region for the first time this week. ...more

November 9, 2009

Nuclear impasses with Iran and North Korea are the dominant issues for Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on her trip to Europe and Asia, which began with a stop in Germany to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. ...more

November 9, 2009

Sometimes when reading the newspaper one comes across comments so outrageous and off the mark that a retort is necessary. On July 13 a writer stated in a Letter to the Editor that "the NRA is a lobbying organization dedicated to putting more guns in the hands of criminals." The writer then rambles on about the NRA advancing its "radical program" and having "access to our libraries." ...more

July 17, 2009

Taunting the United States on its birthday, North Korea fired seven missiles into the Sea of Japan early Saturday in a provocative move that some experts said might have been intended to discourage deployment of new missile defenses against the communist state. ...more

July 5, 2009

A news report says North Korea has fired two mid-range missiles off it eastern coast. ...more

July 3, 2009

U.S. intelligence agencies were still collecting data Monday after North Korea's announcement that it had carried out a nuclear test, but analysts expressed little doubt that the regime had exploded such a device. ...more

May 26, 2009

Joan Atkins of Palm Harbor says President Barack Obama is not a good steward of the nation's defense and foreign policies. ...more

April 29, 2009