Typical dictatorial tactics on display here in Cairo & Alexandria: import the poor, migrant workers and combine them with the corrupt bureaucratic officials who have become the nouveau riche through the dispensation of the regime & employ them at critical junctures to counter the …

Contrary to what I'm sure you're going to hear this weekend: Reagan was not one of our most popular presidents, both during his reign & for the first decade after it (how quickly we forget!);

A genius piece of journalism on "the other Arizona" explores the state that time forgot, the liberal intelligentsia oft overlooked by the MSM: it starts with a story of how a (most likely Muslim) African scout led the first (Spanish) settlers to the gates of the Salt River & ends …

"Nearly one-third of Zimbabwe's registered voters are dead, and others appear to be babies or up to 120 years old, researchers said Friday,

A second time around, this expose on the culture of corruption & secrecy that allows Border Patrol officials literally get away with murder was even more rewarding & meaningful: it is an absolute must-read, regardless of your political persuasion.

THERE have been so many stories about pharmaceutical companies promoting the misuse or abuse of their drugs that the names seem to merge - Zyprexa, Seroquel, Paxil and more.

The latest case concerns GlaxoSmithKline's Avandia (rosiglitazone), an anti-diabetes drug linked to heart attacks. Last month, the European Medicines Agency recommended its suspension from the market, while the US Food and Drug Administration made it all but impossible for doctors to write prescriptions for the drug.

Unlike conventional wars that have beginnings and ends -- as well as battlefronts -- this "war" is theoretically everywhere and never-ending.

Every time I suggest this, the hard-right goes absolutely ballistic, and quite a few of my liberal colleagues aren't too keen on the idea, either. I fully expect quite a few hostile comments in response to this article.