Small Businesses get Stiffed, GAO Report Reveals
By Gina-Marie Cheeseman09/27/2007
A September 26, 2007 Government Accountability Organization (GAO) report revealed that small businesses received only 28 percent of federal contracts for "Katrina-related projects."
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Ahmadinejad & 'The Bomb'
By Philip Mella09/27/2007
That belligerents grow bolder with the acquiescence of those who can stop them is an axiom demonstrated innumerable times in history. Indeed, the renowned 18th century English statesman, Edmund Burke, observed that "All that's necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
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General Petraeus - A Dishonorable Liar?
By William Robert Barber09/17/2007
Obtaining and entrenching power for the sake of being powerful is an ancient curse of humankind. By sword or by vote the contenders for power have historically thrust and parried, lied, and denied their way into powerful positions. The traditional behavior of those who seek to obtain and entrench has not changed in 10,000 years; bully, cajole, slander, and defame those are just a few of the operational mores of the contenders of power.
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Iran: Iraq Redux?
By Gina-Marie Cheeseman09/17/2007
During an interview with Fox News Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said, "I will tell you that I think the administration believes at this point that continuing to try and deal with the Iranian threat, the Iranian challenge through diplomatic and economic means is by far the preferable approach."
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