With tears, prayers and candlelight vigils, Pakistanis on Saturday marked the first anniversary of Benazir Bhutto's assassination, a killing that stunned the world and came to symbolize the rising Islamic militancy gripping her homeland. ...more

December 28, 2008

Retired Gen. Tommy Franks will launch a lecture series next week for students and corporate sponsors at a charter school backed by Tampa Bay Buccaneer Derrick Brooks. ...more

November 29, 2008

Next week, retired Gen. Tommy Franks will launch a lecture series for students and the public at a charter school backed by Tampa Bay Buccaneers player Derrick Brooks. Franks, former head of U.S. Central Command in Tampa and the man who led the American invasions of Afghanistan, will speak about 10 a.m. Dec. 3 at Brooks-DeBartolo Collegiate High School, 11602 N. 15th St., Tampa. ...more

November 26, 2008

MoveOn.org was not the first to suspect "Betray-us" was a name that may be a more appropriate title for him. I coined that title as soon as he was appointed. I based it on the fact that: 1. He went from a two star to a four star general in a very short time. 2. He was preceded by several high-ranking military Bush appointees, who were nothing but incompetent yes men, starting with Tommy Franks, then Myers, Casey, Sanchez, Pace, etc. I consider them political whores. Anyone who refused to say yes to Bush's demands was fired, or resigned rather than be a part of this administration's insanity. ...more

January 5, 2008

The assassination of Benazir Bhutto, the charismatic opposition leader who had promised to restore democracy in Pakistan, set off a nationwide wave of grief and fury and raised the specter of violent unrest that could threaten the government of U.S.-backed President Pervez Musharraf. ...more

December 28, 2007

This George Washington could not make it across the Delaware River. ...more

December 26, 2007

Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, the two former prime ministers who have long bitterly opposed each other, joined with an opposition alliance on Monday to denounce what they saw as an unfair environment ahead of parliamentary elections planned for January. ...more

December 4, 2007

It takes almost no effort to find people who are angry with Pervez Musharraf on the streets of this bustling city. The Pakistani leader's name comes up quickly in casual conversation, yoked with unprintable adjectives and harsh denunciations of the emergency rule he has imposed. ...more

November 11, 2007