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Crisis in Belgium: Resurgam, Flanders Gains Momentum

A quote from Reuters, 18 September 2007 Two-thirds of the Flemish community from the northern Dutch-speaking region of Belgium think the country will sooner or later split, a poll by Belgian daily...

And Now from the Lesser Brussels (Belgium) to the Greater Brussels (Europe)

A quote from Christopher Booker in The Wall Street Journal, 17 September 2007 To appreciate just why it has been so important for EU leaders to get their constitution regardless of their peoples'...

Fact checking the testimony of Petraeus (and the Bush administration). The numbers don't add up.

The Senate Democrats did a fact check of the testimony delivered by General Petraeus. It's a very good and thorough rebuttal to today's presentation -- and because of its relevance, we're posting...

Petraeus will say violence is down in Iraq because he's not counting the violence in Iraq

Read the article about the "Experts Doubt Drop In Violence in Iraq: Military Statistics Called Into Question" in today's Washington Post, which confirms a very important point: General Petraeus and...

DC gun ban case heads to Supreme Court

The court case involving the DC ban on handguns is headed to the Supreme Court:The District argues in its petition that its law — one of the strictest in the nation — should be upheld...

Could Sarkozy Solve Belgium’s Crisis?

The Belgians are currently living in a state without government. Are they to be pitied? Not at all. Since there is no government they are not being governed – which is great. Belgium’s coalition...

Let freedom reign

With the "surge" policy in place, this was supposed to be a summer of political reconciliation. Instead, a variety of Iraqi politicians have spent their August recess plotting a "parliamentary coup"...

The New Revolution

I'm an avid gun/gun education advocate. As such, I end up in a lot of the gun control vs firearm education debates, many of which end up with something about the Second Amendment rights. Now, before...

Surreal Belgium: Country in Crisis, King on Holiday

Believe it or not: Belgium has been in crisis for about two months now, a crisis which peaked last week-end when King Albert II himself had to intermediate between the parties and which became even...

Intelligence report says Iraq needs a new government!

The U.S intelligence report pretty much says that the current government is not managing the situation as it should have and it must do much more to bring peace and stability to Iraq and i for one...