Conservative & Free-Market Analysis of Government, Politics & Public Policy, Covering Political, Legal, Constitutional, Economic, Cultural, Military, International, Strategic, & Geopolitical Issues

PARTISAN POLITICS, THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, & THE AMERICAN POLITICAL LEFT:  RON ARNOLD ON MONEY, POWER, POLITICS, & THE VAST LEFTWING CONSPIRACY -- A ROMP THROUGH THE JUNGLE OF LIBERAL LEFTIST POLITICS -- MAJOR PLAYERS IN THE LIBERAL LEFTIST UNIVERSE -- HOW THE LIBERALS, OR PROGRESSIVISTS, INTERACT THROUGH NETWORKS OF WEALTHY FOUNDATIONS, ADVOCACY GROUPS, THINK TANKS, & LEFTIST MEDIA -- LIBERAL VALUES, BELIEFS, & GOALS COMPARED WITH CONSERVATIVE VALUES, BELIEFS, & GOALS

ENERGY GEOPOLITICS & THE RUSSIAN INVASION OF GRUZIA:  PRESERVING THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION'S MONOPOLY OF CASPIAN-REGION NATURAL GAS EXPORTS -- THE INVASION AS RUSSIA'S RESPONSE TO GRUZIA'S PLAN TO ALLOW OPERATION ON ITS TERRITORY OF A NATURAL GAS PIPELINE THAT RUSSIA WOULD NOT CONTROL -- HOW THE RUSSIAN MOVE AFFECTS THE INTERESTS OF MEMBER-STATES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION -- HOW AMERICAN NATIONAL INTERESTS ARE AFFECTED

THE MISSION OF TUNISIAN POLITICAL DISSIDENT MOHSEN MARZOUK:  OPPOSING DICTATORSHIP & PROMOTING THE DEMOCRATIZATION PROCESS IN TUNISIA & THROUGHOUT NORTH AFRICA AS A WHOLE

PRESUMPTIVE DEMOCRATIC PARTY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA, JR., ON GOD, MORALITY, ABORTION, & THE RIGHT TO LIFE:  OBAMA'S CONSISTENT UNWILLINGNESS TO RECOGNIZE THE HUMANITY OF THE UNBORN -- OBAMA MAKING AN ABSOLUTE MORAL DETERMINATION THAT THE SMALLEST & MOST HELPLESS AMONG US CANNOT COUNT ON ANY PROTECTION ON THE PART OF OBAMA & HIS LIBERAL LEFTIST COHORTS -- OBAMA AS A RELIABLE CHAMPION OF THOSE WHO PROMOTE THE DESTRUCTION OF INNOCENT LIFE THROUGH ABORTION

ACHIEVING MODERNITY & MODERATION IN THE MUSLIM WORLD:  THE TUNISIAN MODEL FOR AN ISLAMIC REFORMATION -- TUNISIA'S DEVELOPMENT IN RECENT YEARS OF AN ENVIRONMENT OF CO-EXISTENCE AMONG JEWS, CHRISTIANS & MUSLIMS, AN ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH MODERNITY SERVES AS A COMMON DENOMINATOR & RELIGION DOES NOT GET IN THE WAY OF ONE'S DAY-TO-DAY LIFE -- TUNISIA'S POLITICAL STABILITY, WESTERN-ARAB SYNTHESIS, & ECONOMIC VISION:  A POSSIBLE PARADIGM FOR OTHER MIDDLE EASTERN STATES

ENVIRONMENTALISM & ELITISM VERSUS BIOTECHNOLOGY:  ENVIRONMENTALIST & ELITIST OPPOSITION TO THE USE OF GENETIC ENGINEERING IN AGRICULTURE -- OPPOSITION TO THE GENETICALLY MODIFIED, HIGH-YIELD FOOD CROPS THAT ARE A KEY HOPE FOR PRODUCING THE EXTRA FOOD NEEDED BY OUR RICHER, MORE POPULOUS WORLD IN THE DECADES JUST AHEAD -- THE INADEQUACY OF ORGANIC FARMING -- THE BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF THE GREEN REVOLUTION -- HOW ENVIRONMENTALISTS & ELITISTS WOULD STOP & REVERSE HUMAN PROGRESS MADE DURING & SINCE THE GREEN REVOLUTION

ISRAEL & IRAN:  WILL ISRAEL TAKE MILITARY ACTION AGAINST IRANIAN FACILITIES REFINING FISSIONABLE MATERIALS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS? WHAT WOULD BE THE CONSEQUENCES OF SUCH ACTION? A CONSIDERATION OF THE DIFFERENT POSSIBLE SCENARIOS

THE UNSEEN INTERNAL ENEMY:  THE ISLAMIST FIFTH COLUMN -- EXAMPLES OF HOW ISLAMISTS WHO INFILTRATE THE U.S.A. & THE WEST PROCEED -- THE GREAT DAMAGE THAT WELL-PLACED ISLAMIST INFILTRATORS CAN DO TO THE SECURITY OF THE U.S.A. & THAT OF ITS ALLIES -- THE NEED FOR EACH WESTERN GOVERNMENT TO KEEP UNDER CLOSE SURVEILLANCE ITS EMPLOYEES WHO ADHERE TO ISLAM & WORK IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, THE MILITARY, & THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS -- THE NEED FOR SUCH GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES TO BE WATCHED FOR CONNECTIONS TO TERRORISM

CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS OPPOSING INCREASED U.S. DOMESTIC OIL & NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION:   DEMOCRATIC PARTY POLITICIANS ACTING COUNTER TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF AMERICAN VOTERS, WHO ARE HURTING FROM HIGH ENERGY PRICES -- DEMOCRATS UNWILLING TO UPSET THEIR LEFTWING POLITICAL BASE & THEIR ALLIES AMONG THE RADICAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS -- THE REFUSAL OF CONGRESSIONAL POLITICIANS & FEDERAL BUREAUCRATS TO AUTHORIZE & ISSUE LEASES & PERMITS FOR ONSHORE & OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING -- DIRE NEED FOR A LAW THAT FORCES BUREAUCRATS TO ISSUE OIL LEASES & DRILLING PERMITS IN AN EXPEDITIOUS MANNER -- NEED TO IMPOSE FINANCIAL PENALTIES ON ENVIRONMENTALIST GROUPS THAT LOSE THEIR LEGAL ACTIONS IN COURT -- ABSOLUTE NEED TO TO VOTE THE CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS & "RINOS" ("ME TOO" REPUBLICANS) OUT OF OFFICE