Defining the Jihadist Threat
By Philip Mella10/30/2006
Retired Marine officer, current employee at the Department of Homeland Security, and friend of the editor, Bill Powell, submitted this unclassified testimony given to the House Subcommittee on Intelligence on September 20, 2006, by Professor Walid Phares, subtitled "Intercepting Radicalization at the Indoctrination Stage."
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Media Distortion of Palestinian Non-Violent Protest
By Dennis Fox10/29/2006
Every Friday for the past year and a half villagers from Bil'in, a small West Bank village near Ramallah, march with supporters toward the triple-layer fence separating them from their olive trees. They are always blocked by Israeli soldiers and border police, who typically escalate from tear gas and concussion grenades to water cannons, rubber bullets, live ammunition, and a variety of apparently experimental weapons. This weekly interaction gets a lot of important attention in the alternative press, but is mostly ignored by Western mainstream media.
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The Politics of Trust & Credibility
By Philip Mella10/24/2006
In a well-argued editorial Richard Holbrooke, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and not a close ally of conservatives, makes the case for a measured disengagement from Iraq. That stated, he is far less credible when he argues that Afghanistan, North Korea, and Iran, are "projects in peril."
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The Power of Your Vote
By Philip Mella10/21/2006
As we approach the November elections, the plethora of negative news for Republicans, from Congressional ethical lapses to our chronic problems in Iraq, may understandably discourage otherwise clear thinking conservatives.
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Comments & Reflections on Philosophy, Science, & Politics
By Philip Mella10/01/2006
I. Autumnal Observations
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