Shame on us! Shame on the president! Shame on the Secret Service! Shame on the Iraqis! Shame on the world that hates not only our president but all Americans in general and as person to person as well! ...more

December 23, 2008

Long-time Tribune readers won't be surprised to see we believe that Sen. John McCain is the best candidate for president of the United States. ...more

October 19, 2008

The Olympics may just be a sporting event, but it is hard not to read larger messages into the results, especially when you see how China and America have dominated the medals tally. Both countries can - and will - look at their Olympic successes as reaffirmations of their distinctly different political systems. But what strikes me is how much they could each learn from the other. This, as they say, is a teaching moment. ...more

August 26, 2008

Bush is about to waste a second crisis, this one on energy addiction. I am reliably told by a Bush administration official that there is an old saying in Texas that goes like this: "If all you ever do is all you've ever done, then all you'll ever get is all you ever got." ...more

July 23, 2008

If there is one term I am sick to death of already this political season, it is "flip-flop." In the era of "gotcha" politics, changing your mind has become synonymous with incompetence and is the worst "sin" a candidate could commit. Just like a second-grader insisting a classmate has "cooties," one side is always accusing the other of "flip-flopping on the issues." ...more

July 19, 2008

The U.S. Army has released a study that states that leaders in the United States were more concerned with winning the military battle in Iraq than what to do once it was concluded. That's not exactly earth-shattering news, since most of us already know that, but the historical report is interesting because it's the first major report issued by U.S. military criticizing civilian leaders. The study, "On Point II: Transition to the New Campaign" was written by Donald Wright and Col. Timothy R. Reese, along with the Army's Contemporary Operations Study Team, according to a Washington Post article. They say U.S. commanders lacked a realistic vision of what Iraq would look like after that triumph, according to the story. "The transition to a new campaign was not well thought out, planned for, and prepared for before it began," wrote Wright and Reese. "Additionally, the assumptions about the nature of post Saddam Iraq on which the transition was planned proved to be largely incorrect." ...more

June 30, 2008

After the Democrats took control of the Congress in 2007, they tried to limit funding on the war in Iraq. Some voters wanted the Democrats to stop the war. When will that happen? Mahoney didn't see it that way: "I don't think that's the right characterization." Instead, he wants President Bush to refocus on the war on terrorism. Mahoney, D-Palm Beach, who was elected to represent Highlands County and the 16th District in the U.S. House of Representatives, spent Friday talking to television stations and newspaper reporters about his first year in Congress. ...more

January 7, 2008