No One Left Behind

I’m always impressed by the “do the impossible” mentality that American military forces exhibit. I mean, backing a helicopter into a ravine to recover a dead comrade before Taliban fighters can spot you? That’s some pretty amazing stuff.
NPR – Missions Leave No Soldier Behind In Afghanistan

Anti-Islamic Ignorance 101

It’s Sunday morning, partly cloudy and threatening to rain. I’m blown because my “wretched body of death” missed church, but I said, ‘Hey, I’ll pray and read my Bible from home.” And then I was thinking, “O, I’ll blog today about the conversation I had with some friends on whether ‘Arab Money’ by Busta Rhymes [...]

Crazy Ruskies!!

My friend just passed me this post from the Huffington Post…
Russian Professor Says U.S. Will Break Up After Economic Crisis
By Robin Stringer
Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) — A professor at the diplomatic academy of Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the U.S. will break into six parts because of the nation’s financial crisis.
“The dollar isn’t secured by [...]

What is a Caudillo?

So, I’ve noticed that I’m getting more and more search engine hits, based simply on the title of this blog, “El Caudillo.” So for those people who are looking for something substantive and useful, quite unlike most of the material that is posted up here, here’s an unscholarly explanation of the term.
I’ll start off with [...]