Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying

George Allen’s desperate attempt to smear Jim Webb is likely to backfire with Virginia voters. Digging deep for dirt, George Allen has entered the realm of fiction. In Jim Webb’s novels, Macaca Allen thought he had hit pay dirt.
Last week the Allen campaign was finally able to get someone to publish the dirt they were peddling. [...]

 
This is the mean season. One week before the mid-term elections, the kitchen sink has been unbolted and tossed around. George Allen has exposed himself for what he is - a cowardly shifty-eyed politician who would rather troll for sex in the pages of fiction than address the very serious issues facing our state and [...]

 
Today is Eid ul-Fitr. Today marks the end of the month of Ramadan and is a day of celebration for all Muslims. Today is a day of forgiveness, peace and unity.
On the occasion of Eid ul-Fitr, my family and I wish all of you peace, happiness and good health. Eid Mubarak.

 
What do you do when your incompetence leads to failure? You blame others.
What do you do when a recession occurs on your watch? You blame the Clinton Administration. What do you do when your economic policies cause massive job losses? You blame the Clinton Administration. What do you do when a massive surplus leads to [...]

Former President Bill Clinton was the keynote speaker on Wednesday at the "Securing the Common Good" event at Georgetown University. It is my opinion that his keynote address was one of the more remarkable and significant political speeches of recent times. In his speech, President Clinton laid out the difference between political philosophy and political [...]

Recently I added the captcha spam filter for comments to cut down on the spam I was having to contend with. However, the captcha can be annoying at times.
As a convenience feature, I enabled registration for those readers who do not want to have to go through the captcha spam test when commenting. You can register [...]

Jim Webb has pulled even with George "Macaca" Allen. It’s crunch time in Virginia. The key to this election is turnout in Northern Virginia.
Help Jim Webb get his message out. Contribute if you can, volunteer if you can.

Drishtipat has an excellent photo essay about a field trip they took to a Grameen Bank location in a Bangladeshi village. It is a chance to see microcredit in action in a very personal way. For me, it brought back memories of the gentleness of Bangladesh and its people. 
Below is just the first picture of the [...]

Having failed to find any WMD in Iraq, George W Bush has resorted to his "freedom" agenda. Mr. Bush repeatedly claims that "democracies don’t go to war with each other." His prescription for lasting peace in the Middle East and the end of terrorism is spreading democracy (by force) to the world. In pursuing his [...]

Today Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank were awarded the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize "for their efforts to create economic and social development from below." Today is a day of celebration for all of Bangladesh and Bengalis everywhere. In a country racked by political infighting, corruption and poverty, Dr. Yunus and his faith in the [...]