Now that we've witnessed the quiet departure of one more-or-less unpopular mayoral administration and the installation of its happy successor, it might be time (before the large-scale assessments and re-assessments of the Murphy Administration begin) for Pittsburghers to look back into our collective ... more

Noun 1. insurgency - an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict insurgence insurrection, revolt, uprising, rising, rebellion - organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control ... more

Dec. 8-9, 2005 Words are flowing out like Endless rain into a paper cup They slither while they pass They slip away across the Universe Itӳ been 25 years since my mom woke me with the news. I was a senior in high school then, and my mom would usually wake my older brother Albie and me up ... more

ԃowards cut and run, Marines never do.ԠThis was the message from Marine Colonel Danny Bubp, relayed to Congress by Representative Jean Schmidt, R-OH. After relaying the message, the House Democrats erupted in jeers, catcalls and screams for striking the message from the record. In other words, the ... more

The people of Iraq are pretty united in their desire that our troops leave their country. The London Sunday Telegraph reports that the British military conducted a poll of Iraqis in August. 82% of them are Գtrongly opposedԠto the presence of foreign troops. I always try to help when I can. So, hereӳ ... more

With the impending confirmation of John Rogers to the Supreme Court, the frenzy of the Left wing has risen to a crescendo. And the evaluation of that hysteria is nonexistent by a sycophantic liberal media. There are three major points of hypocrisy that I would point out, and offer for debate to those ... more

In the dark of night, and during a year when political warfare on the national level has remained a major distraction, our fine elected representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania decided to pull an economic, political and irrational trick of major proportions. Ԑerhaps no one would notice,Ԡ... more

I am distracted enough by Senator Dick Durbinӳ foolish, ill-begotten and dangerous analogies between so-called torture in Gөtmo and human atrocities beyond comprehension perpetrated by Leftist regimes in National Socialist Germany, Soviet Russia and Communist-run Cambodia. So as to the greatest blow ... more

"Keep your hands off my Social Security!" The crowd screamed in unison, angry at those who would alter an institution of seventy some years. I was confused at the premise, so I headed into the unruly crowd, admittedly with an agenda. The throngs represented a vast accumulation of Left wing politics: ... more

Last Saturday afternoon, around 3pm Baghdad time, a suicide car bomb exploded on the road to the Baghdad airport. It wasnӴ an extraordinary event. In fact, the road to Baghdad Airport has been called one of the most dangerous in the world; suicide car bombs and IEDs (improvised explosive devices) are ... more