AMERICA'S GOAL IN IRAQ:  AN IRAQ THAT IS A STABLE & ENDURING CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY, THAT CAN DEFEND ITSELF, THAT WILL NEVER AGAIN BE A SAFE HAVEN FOR TERRORISTS, & THAT WILL SERVE AS A MODEL OF FREEDOM FOR THE MIDDLE EAST -- HOW FAR WE HAVE COME IN IRAQ & THE PATH THAT LIES AHEAD

TWO CURRENT POLITICAL CONTROVERSIES RELATING TO AMERICAN NATIONAL SECURITY & HOMELAND DEFENSE:   CONGRESSIONAL REAUTHORZATION OF THE USA PATRIOT ACT & THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT'S INTERCEPTION & SURVEILLANCE OF INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONIC COMMUNITIONS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH KNOWN LINKS TO AL-QA'IDA & OTHER ISLAMIST TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS WAGING THE JIHAD, OR TERROR WAR, AGAINST THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA & ITS ALLIES

WHAT IS AT STAKE IN THE UPCOMING BATTLE OVER U.S. SENATE CONFIRMATION OF SAMUEL ALITO'S NOMINATION TO FILL A VACANCY ON THE U.S. SUPREME COURT: WHETHER AMERICA'S BROKEN LEGAL SYSTEM WILL EVER BE REPAIRED & TRUE JUSTICE RE-ESTABLISHED IN AMERICA -- ALITO'S JUDICIAL PHILOSOPHY:  ONE OF DEFERENCE TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION AS AN ABSOLUTE STANDARD -- WHY LIBERALS OPPOSE ALITO'S CONFIRMATION:  THEIR FEAR THAT MUCH OF THE LIBERAL PUBLIC POLICY AGENDA WILL BE RELEGATED TO THE BALLOT BOX, WHERE IT VERY LIKELY WILL BE DEFEATED

LIBERATION THEOLOGY & POLITICAL ENVIRONMENTALISM VERSUS PRIVATE ENTERPRISE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT:  THE PROPAGANDA WAR BEING WAGED AGAINST THE DOE RUN COMPANY BY PRO-MARXIST LIBERATION THEOLOGIANS WHO EXPOUSE THE POLITICAL AGENDA OF RADICAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS IN ORDER TO SCORE IDEOLOGICAL POINTS & ENHANCE THEIR CHANCES OF GAINING POLITICAL & ECONOMIC POWER

ENVIRONMENTALISM VERSUS CONGRESSIONAL ENACTMENT OF ENERGY DEVELOPMENT LEGISLATION:  THE DETERMINATION OF ENVIRONMENTALISTS & THEIR ALLIES AMONG THE POLITICIANS IN THE U.S. CONGRESS TO BLOCK LEGISLATIVE ACTION TO OPEN THE ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE TO OIL & NATURAL GAS DRILLING -- DRILLING OPPONENTS SUBORDINATING AMERICA'S NEED FOR STEADY ECONOMIC GROWTH & DEPENDABLE SOURCES OF ENERGY TO THE DICTATES OF ENVIRONMENTALIST IDEOLOGY & THE NECESSITIES OF SELF-SERVING POLITICAL ALLIANCES & ARRANGEMENTS

GLOBAL WARMING THEORY VERSUS COMMON SENSE & SCIENTIFIC FACT:  GLOBAL WARMING THEORY AS A PSEUDO-SCIENTIFIC THEORY CONSTITUTING AN IMPORTANT TENET OF THE IDEOLOGY OF POLITICAL ENVIRONMENTALISM -- GLOBAL WARMING THEORY AS POLITICAL PROPAGANDA & IDEOLOGICAL JUSTIFICATION FOR AN AGENDA INTENDED TO DESTROY THE ECONOMIES OF INDUSTRIALIZED & THIRD WORLD NATIONS ALIKE -- GLOBAL WARMING THEORY AS A DISCREDITED SET OF ERRONEOUS NOTIONS

THE IRAQI MARCH TOWARD CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY:  DEMONSTRATION OF THE WISDOM OF THE U.S.A. & ITS COALITION ALLIES STAYING THE COURSE IN IRAQ -- IRAQI VOTERS PARTICIPATING IN DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS HOLD THEIR GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE FOR ITS ACTIONS & POLICIES

DEEP DIVISION WITHIN ISRAELI SOCIETY:  DIVISION BETWEEN THE ADHERENTS OF LEFTWING SECULAR SOCIALIST INTERNATIONALIST ZIONISM & THE ADHERENTS OF RIGHTWING CLASSICAL LIBERAL RELIGIOUS NATIONALIST ZIONISM -- HOW DIVISION BETWEEN THE TWO GROUPS IS REFLECTED IN THE POLITICAL CONFLICT OVER ISRAEL'S UNILATERAL DISENGAGEMENT FROM GAZA & THE WEST BANK -- THE OPPOSING IDEOLOFIES OF THE LEFT & THE RIGHT -- THE ARGUMENT OVER ISRAELI IDENTITY & THE ESSENCE OF ZIONISM

THE CENTRAL PROBLEM IN RELATIONS BETWEEN TURKEY & THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:  TURKISH PRIME MINISTER RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN'S DEMONSTRATED ANTIPATHY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY, INCLUDING HIS ACCELERATING ASSAULT ON THE RULE OF LAW, JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE, TRANSPARENCY IN GOVERNMENT, PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS, RELIGIOUS FREEDOM & TOLERANCE, & THE DIVISION BETWEEN RELIGIOUS & SECULAR EDUCATION

HAMAS & OTHER ISLAMIST GROUPS:  THE PROBLEM ISRAEL & AMERICA ARE FACING -- ARE HAMAS & OTHER RADICAL ISLAMIC GROUPS LEGITIMATE PARTICIPANTS IN THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS ABOUT TO UNFOLD IN THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES?  SHOULD ANTI-DEMOCRATIC, ANTI-CONSTITUTIONALIST ORGANIZATIONS BE PERMITTED TO PARTICIPATE IN DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS?  SHOULD HAMAS BE ALLOWED TO USE THE DEMOCRACTIC PROCESS AS A TOOL TO PROMOTE ISLAMIST TOTALITARIAN IDEOLOGY & PREVENT EMERGENCE OF A STABLE & LASTING CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY IN PALESTINE?

THE GOALS OF UNITED STATES FOREIGN & MILITARY POLICY IN IRAQ:  WINNING THE WAR ON TERRORISM, DEFEATING THE ENEMIES OF FREEDOM, HELPING THE IRAQI PEOPLE BUILD A STABLE & ENDURING CONSTITUTIONAL REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY, SPREADING THE HOPE OF LIBERTY ACROSS THE ENTIRE MIDDLE EAST, GAINING NEW ALLIES IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM, & LAYING THE FOUNDATION OF PEACE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME

PACIFISM IN TIME OF WAR & GREAT DANGER FOR AMERICA:  THE ANTIWAR PROTESTERS' ASSERTION THAT THE WAR BEING WAGED AGAINST ISLAMIST TERRORISM & MIDDLE EASTERN DESPOTISM IS IMMORAL -- THE PROTESTERS' FAILURE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE ULTIMATE GUARANTEE OF THEIR BASIC RIGHTS UNDER THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, INCLUDING THE RIGHT OF DISSENT & PROTEST, IS THE WILLINGNESS OF LOYAL, PATRIOTIC AMERICANS TO FIGHT & RISK DYING IN WARS TO DEFEND & PRESERVE LIBERTY UNDER THE RULE OF LAW

THE FREEDOM IN EDUCATION ACT:  PROPOSED CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION DESIGNED TO PREVENT OR STOP THE U.S. NATIONAL GOVERNMENT FROM AUTHORIZING, FUNDING, & IMPLEMENTING A NATIONAL CIVIC EDUCATION CURRICULUM INTENDED TO UNDERMINE AMERICAN NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY & INDEPENDENCE, PROMOTE ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN GOVERNMENT ON A GLOBAL SCALE, REPUDIATE THE CONCEPT OF INALIENABLE NATURAL RIGHTS BELONGING TO THE INDIVIDUAL PERSON, & EVENTUALLY DESTROY THE AMERICAN SYSTEM OF CONSTITUTIONAL REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT

THE USA PATRIOT ACT:  A LAW PROVIDING LEGAL WEAPONS ESSENTIAL TO AMERICA'S EFFECTIVELY WAGING THE WAR ON TERRORISM & PREVENTING THE ISLAMIST ENEMY FROM ATTACKING THE AMERICAN HOMELAND AGAIN

RADICAL ENVIRONMENTALISM VERSUS HUMAN HEALTH:  ENVIRONMENTAL EXTREMISM VERSUS THE RIGHT TO LIFE & GOOD HEALTH -- ONE OF THE GREATEST VIOLATIONS OF THE CONTEMPORARY ERA:  THE EFFORTS OF RADICAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS & THEIR ALLIES AMONG BUREAUCRATS TO PREVENT NATIONS FROM USING DDT & OTHER INSECTICIDES TO PROTECT THEIR CITIZENS AGAINST MALARIA

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN TODAY'S WORLD:  THE GREATEST MILITARY POWER IN THE WORLD, THE MOST POWERFUL ECONOMY IN THE WORLD, THE DRIVER OF INVENTION & INNOVATION, & THE EXPORTER OF THE AMERICAN NATIONAL HERITAGE OF CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY & INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY UNDER LAW -- SHAPING UNITED STATES FOREIGN & MILITARY POLICY TO COPE EFFECTIVELY WITH THE INTERNATIONAL PROBLEMS & THREATS THAT HAVE EMERGED SINCE THE COLLAPSE OF THE SOVIET EMPIRE & THE END OF THE COLD WAR

THE TRUE SOURCE & NATURE OF THE BASIC RIGHTS OF AMERICANS:  CIVIL LIBERTIES RECOGNIZED, OBSERVED, & PROTECTED BY OUR CONSTITUTION & SYSTEM OF LAWS, WHICH PLACE STRICT LIMITS ON GOVERNMENTAL POWER IN ORDER TO PREVENT GOVERNMENT FROM INTERFERING WITH NATURAL RIGHTS THAT ARE INHERENT IN THE HUMAN CONSITION -- THE DANGER OF ABANDONING THE CONCEPT OF GOD-GIVEN INALIENABLE NATURAL RIGHTS IN FAVOR OF THE CONCEPT OF RIGHTS AS GIFTS HANDED DOWN FROM GOVERNMENT TO THE PEOPLE:  WHAT GOVERNMENT GIVES TO THE PEOPLE, GOVERNMENT CAN TAKE AWAY

THE TERROR WAR & THE SITUATION IN IRAQ:  THE GOALS OF UNITED STSTES FOREIGN & MILITARY POLICY -- PROTECTING THE AMERICAN NATION & ITS VITAL INTERESTS ABROAD -- HUNTING DOWN & ELIMINATING THE ISLAMIST TERRORISTS -- HELPING THE PEOPLE OF IRAQ TO BUILD A FREE & STABLE SOCIETY FOR THEMSELVES -- LAYING THE FOUNDATIONS OF FREEDOM IN IRAQ & THE BROADER MIDDLE EAST -- LAYING THE FOUNDATION OF WORLD PEACE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS

THE HEZBOLLAH MISSILE THREAT TO ISRAEL:  THE NATURE & EXTENT OF THE THREAT -- HOW WOULD HEZBOLLAH ATTACK ISRAEL?  DOES OR CAN ISRAEL HAVE A CREDIBLE DEFENSE?  IS A NEW CONFLICT ON THE HORIZON?  WILL HEZBOLLAH LAUNCH THE ROCKETS?

TWO FORMER PRESIDENTS OF THE U.S.A.:  WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON & JAMES EARL CARTER -- THEIR CURRENT IRRESPONSIBLE & REPREHENSIBLE BEHAVIOR IN PUBLIC -- THEIR EXPRESSION OF OPINIONS INDICATING THAT THEY ARE AS WRONG & INTELLECTUALLY DISHONEST NOW AS THEY WERE WHEN HOLDING THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT -- WRONG & INTELLECTUALLY DISHONEST REGARDING THE UNITED NATIONS, THE SITUATION IN IRAQ, & OTHER MATTERS VITAL TO AMERICA'S NATIONAL SECURITY

IRAQ:  UNITED STATES FOREIGN & MILITARY POLICY -- AN OUTLINE OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT'S STRATEGY FOR DEFEAT OF THE INSURGENCY IN IRAQ & FOR TRANSFORMATION OF IRAQ INTO A STABLE CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY & AN ALLY OF THE U.S.A. IN THE WAR AGAINST ISLAMIST TERRORISM

AMERICAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, SCHOOL CHILDREN, PARENTS, & THE STATE:  JUDICIAL AFFIRMATION OF THE LEFTWING LIBERAL STATIST IDEOLOGY OF AMERICA'S PROFESSIONAL "EDUCATORS" -- THE RULING OF THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS IN FIELDS V. PALMDALE (2005):  SCHOOL DISTRICTS & THE STATE, NOT PARENTS, ARE THE ULTIMATE MORAL AUTHORITY IN RAISING CHILDREN

DEALING EFFECTIVELY WITH HOSTAGE-TAKING AS A TERROR TACTIC:  ESSENTIAL TO DEFEATING THE INSURGENCY IN IRAQ -- THE ONLY WAY TO CONQUER TERROR:  SHARPLY REDUCE THE ADVANTAGE OF EMPLOYING THE TACTIC & SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASE ITS COST -- APPLICATION OF THIS PRINCIPLE TO THE SITUATION IN IRAQ:  REFUSE TO RANSOM HOSTAGES, BUT CONFRONT THE HOSTAGE-TAKERS

THE WAR AGAINST RELIGION IN AMERICA:  THE CONTINUING ENDEAVOR OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION TO ELIMINATE PUBLIC CELEBRATION OF RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS -- THE ACLU VERSUS CHRISTMAS

THE POLITICAL & CULTURAL LEFT INSIDE THE U.S.A.:  AMERICA'S TROJAN HORSE IN THE FOURTH WORLD WAR -- THE FIFTH COLUMN THAT SEEKS TO ENSURE THE MILITARY & IDEOLOGICAL DEFEAT OF AMERICA & THE WEST IN THE TERROR WAR -- HOW LEFTWING LIBERALS IN THE MEDIA & THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY STRIVE TO UNDERMINE AMERICA'S EFFORT TO ACHIEVE VICTORY IN THE WORLDWIDE JIHAD THE ISLAMISTS ARE WAGING AGAINST WESTERN CIVILIZATION

POLITICAL CORRUPTION:  THE REAL THREAT TO POLITICAL REFORM & STABILITY IN THE MIDDLE EAST -- POLITICAL CORRUPTION AS THE GREATEST OBSTACLE TO CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY IN THE MIDDLE EAST -- CORRUPTION AS A WORSENING PROBLEM THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE MIDDLE EAST

IRAQI SOCIETY, CULTURE, & POLITICS:  AHMAD CHALABI'S SUCCESSFUL EXERTION OF POLITICAL INFLUENCE & LEADERSHIP IN POST-SADDAM IRAQ, DESPITE THE FACT THAT DISDAIN FOR CHALABI RUNS DEEP IN THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, & THE U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND -- FAILURE OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT & THE CIA TO ACCURATELY ASSESS THE IRAQI POLITICAL SCENE -- A SERIOUS AMERICAN HANDICAP IN IRAQ:  INABILITY TO UNDERSTAND IRAQ'S POLITICAL CULTURE, INCLUDING THE SOURCES OF POLITICAL LEGITIMACY IN IRAQ

AL-QA'IDA & ISLAMISM:  THE INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIST TERRORIST MOVEMENT & THE GLOBAL WAR IT IS WAGING AGAINST WESTERN CIVILIZATION & THE MODERN WORLD -- THE INCREASINGLY SHAKY GROUND ON WHICH THE ISLAMISTS OPERATE & THE FORESEEABLE END OF THEIR MOVEMENT -- WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS TO DO:  GET ON WITH THE JOB OF ELIMINATING AL-QA'IDA, DESTROYING ITS HEAD, STEM, & ROOTS

ARASH SIGARCHI:  IRANIAN DISSIDENT, WEBLOGGER, CRITIC OF THE SOCALLED "ISLAMIC REPUBLIC," & ADVOCATE OF FREEDOM & DEMOCRACY -- THE IRANIAN POLITICAL REGIME'S CONTINUING EFFORT TO SUPPRESS & SILENCE SIGARCHI & OTHER DISSIDENTS USING THE INTERNET TO VOICE CRITICISM OF & OPPOSITION TO THE OPPRESSIVE & TYRANNICAL RULE OF THE AYATOLLAHS

PARTISAN POLITICS, POLITICAL PROPAGANDA, & POLITICIZING THE LEGAL SYSTEM:  THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS' CONTINUING USE & ABUSE OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN THEIR EFFORTS TO SMEAR REPUBLICANS & THEREBY UNDERMINE THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION & REPUBLICAN MAJORITIES IN THE TWO HOUSES OF CONGRESS -- THE POLITICAL & CULTURAL LEFT'S ADULATION OF SPECIAL PROSECUTOR PATRICK J. FITZGERALD FOR HIS PURSUIT OF THE INDICTMENT OF VICE-PRESIDENT DICK CHENEY'S CHIEF OF STAFF, I. LEWIS "SCOOTER" LIBBY -- FITZGERALD'S DECEIT & SEVERE PREJUDICE IN PURSUIT OF THE CASE AGAINST LIBBY

HUMAN HEALTH & THE CONSUMPTION OF MILK:  THE CONTROVERSY BETWEEN ORGANIC DAIRYMEN & CONVENTIONAL DAIRYMEN -- WHAT IS BETTER, MILK FROM ORGANIC COWS THAT GRAZE IN PASTURES, OR MILK FROM COWS BRED & MAINTAINED IN MODERN CORPORATE DAIRIES?  THE BOGUS CLAIMS OF ORGANIC FARMERS & ASSORTED NUT CASES VERSUS THE TRUE SCIENCE INVOLVED

IRAN'S LACK OF UNITY & POLITICAL STABILITY:  ETHNIC DIVISION, CONFLICT, & SEPARATIST MOVEMENTS WITHIN THE BORDERS OF IRAN -- THE DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS IN IRAN ARE AGAINST THE CONTINUING RULE OF THE ISLAMIST AYATOLLAHS & IN FAVOR OF THE EVENTUAL COLLAPSE OF THE "ISLAMIC REPUBLIC" -- THE TYRANNICAL POLITICAL REGIME OF THE AYATOLLAHS IS UNPOPULAR AMONG THE MAJORITY OF IRAN'S POPULATION

MILITANT ISLAM & THE FOURTH WORLD WAR:  DEFENDING AMERICA & THE WEST IN THE GLOBAL WAR THAT THE ISLAMIST JIHADISTS ARE WAGING AGAINST US -- ISLAMISM:  THE EVIL, BUT CLEAR & FOCUSED, IDEOLOGY OF THE ENEMY -- THE GOAL OF THE ISLAMIST ENEMY: ESTABLISHMENT, BY TERRORISM, SUBVERSION & INSURGENCY, OF A TOTALITARIAN EMPIRE THAT DENIES ALL POLITICAL & RELIGIOUS FREEDOM -- THE CLEAR CHOICE THAT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA HAS MADE:  "WE WILL CONFRONT THIS MORTAL DANGER TO ALL OF HUMANITY; WE WILL NOT TIRE UNTIL THE WAR ON TERRORISM IS WON."

LEFTWING LIBERALISM:  A MAGLIGNANT POLITICAL IDEOLOGY WHOSE ADHERENTS HAVE WORMED THEIR WAY INTO CONTROL OF MANY OF AMERICA'S MOST INFLUENTIAL INSTITUTIONS & HAVE ENDEAVORED TO UNDERMINE & DESTROY THE COMMON NATIONAL HERITAGE & CULTURE OF OUR COUNTRY -- HOW LIBERAL LEFTISTS SEEK TO WEAKEN & ERADICATE THE PHILOSOPHICAL & SPIRITUAL BONDS WHICH HOLD THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TOGETHER AS A SINGLE, UNITED NATION -- HOW LIBERALISM MAKES AMERICA VULNERABLE TO ITS ENEMIES -- HOW FRENCH SOCIETY & POLITICAL CULTURE CONSTITUTE A PHENOMENON SIMILAR TO THE PHENOMENON KNOWN AS "AMERICAN LIBERALISM"

GLOBAL WARMING, OR THE NEXT ICE AGE?  ENVIRONMENTALISM & GLOBAL WARMING THEORY VERSUS THE HARD, COLD FACTS OF SCIENCE, NATURAL HISTORY & CLIMATOLOGY, WHICH SUGGEST THAT THE EARTH IS DUE ANOTHER NATURALLY OCCURRING ICE AGE, RATHER THAN A PERIOD OF GLOBAL WARMING CAUSED BY MANKIND'S POLLUTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT

RATILIN USE & ITS SERIOUS THREAT TO THE HEALTH OF AMERICAN SCHOOL CHILDREN: ADMINISTRATION OF RATILIN TO SCHOOL CHILDREN DIAGNOSED WITH ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER, THE ACTUAL EXISTENCE OF WHICH HAS NOT BEEN PROVEN BY VALID RESEARCH -- FEDERAL EDUCATION POLICIES PROMOTE THE USE OF RATILIN, WHICH WILLSTUNT A CHILD'S GROWTH, SHRINK HIS BRAIN, CAUSE VIOLENT MOOD SWINGS, & CAUSE ADDICTION TO NARCOTICS

THE LATIN AMERICAN REGION & THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:  RADICAL LEFTWING, ANTI-U.S.A. POLITICAL REGIMES IN LATIN AMERICA & THEIR WILLINGNESS TO JEOPARDIZE VITAL U.S. NATIONAL INTERESTS -- THEIR STRONG INCLINATION TO COLLABORATE WITH THE CHINESE COMMUNISTS, THE CUBAN DICTATORSHIP OF FIDEL CASTRO, AL-QA'IDA & THE ISLAMIST JIHAD, MIDDLE EASTERN ROGUE STATES, & OTHER ENEMIES OF THE U.S.A. -- THE THREAT WE FACE SOUTH OF OUR BORDER

MIDDLE EASTERN POLITICS & AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY:  MIDDLE EASTERN SOCIETIES, THEIR POLITICAL HISTORY, THEIR POLITICAL LEADERS, & THEIR RELATIONS WITH THE U.S.A. -- AMERICAN NATIONAL INTERESTS IN SOUTHWEST & CENTRAL ASIA & IN NORTH AFRICA -- IRAQ, IRAN, KURDISTAN, SYRIA, LIBYA, & SOUTH YEMEN

THE PRESIDENT & THE JUDICIAL SELECTION PROCESS:  PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH'S NOMINATION OF SAMUEL ALITO FOR APPOINTMENT TO A VACANCY ON THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT -- RALLYING AMERICAN CONSERVATIVES & BOLSTERING THE CONCEPT OF A SUPREME COURT WHOSE ULTIMATE PURPOSE IS TO UPHOLD & DEFEND THE INTEGRITY OF THE OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, AS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN & AS PROPERLY AMENDED -- PROTECTING & PRESERVING THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

THE TERROR WAR THAT THE KURDISTAN WORKERS PARTY IS WAGING AGAINST TURKEY:  PART OF THE GLOBAL TERROR WAR THAT THE ISLAMISTS ARE WAGING AGAINST AMERICA & THE WEST -- PKK SATELLITE TELEVISION BROADCASTS FROM EUROPE, PKK FUNDRAISING IN THE U.S.A. & OTHER WESTERN NATIONS, & PKK USE OF IRAQI KURDISTAN AS A SAFE HAVEN UNDERCUTTING THE U.S.-LED WAR ON TERRORISM -- THE NEED FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TO TERMINATE PKK FUNDRAISING IN THE U.S.A. & FOR THE U.S.-LED COALITION FORCES TO ERADICATE PKK SAFE HAVENS IN IRAQ & SEAL THE IRAQI BORDER -- WHAT IS AT STAKE:  THE U.S.-TURKISH STRATEGIC ALLIANCE & AMERICA'S ABILITY TO WIN THE WAR ON TERRORISM

USING IRAQ TO SCORE PARTISAN POLITICAL POINTS, AT THE EXPENSE OF THE IRAQIS' NEWFOUND FREEDOMS & AMERICA'S NATIONAL INTERESTS & SECURITY:  SELF-SERVING CRITICISM OF UNITED STATES POLICY IN IRAQ ON THE PART OF IDEOLOGUES, PUNDITS, POLITICIANS, & SOCALLED "SCHOLARS" WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN IN IRAQ OR OUTSIDE THE U.S. SECURITY ZONE IN IRAQ, WHO LACK ADEQUATE INFORMATION ABOUT CONDITIONS IN IRAQ, & WHO COULD NOT CARE LESS ABOUT THE PLIGHT OF THE PEOPLE ACTUALLY LIVING IN IRAQ -- MISREPRESENTING THE SITUATION IN IRAQ IN ORDER TO UNDERMINE AMERICAN POPULAR SUPPORT FOR THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION & GAIN POLITICAL MILEAGE FOR BUSH'S POLITICAL OPPONENTS --THE TRUE SITUATION IN IRAQ:  A PICTURE MUCH MORE COMPLEX THAN THAT PRESENTED BY THE NEWS MEDIA -- A BOOMING ECONOMY -- GRADUAL PROGRESS TOWARD RECONSTRUCTION & CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY

THE POLITICAL BIAS OF THE MAINSTREAM U.S. MEDIA & ITS DISTORTED & DESTRUCTIVE COVERAGE OF THE FOURTH WORLD WAR, THE GLOBAL TERROR WAR BEING WAGED BY THE ISLAMIST JIHADISTS AGAINST THE U.S.A. & THE WEST:  WHOSE SIDE IS AMERICA'S MAINSTREAM MEDIA ON?  IS THE MEDIA ON THE SIDE OF AMERICA & WESTERN CIVILIZATION, OR IS IT ON THE SIDE OF THE PERPETRATORS & STATE SPONSORS OF ISLAMIC TERRORISM? -- WHY LEFTWING LIBERAL, ANTIWAR JOURNALISTS' COVERAGE OF AMERICAN CASUALTIES IN IRAQ IS TANTAMOUNT TO GIVING AID & COMFORT TO THE ENEMY

THE ISRAELI-ARAB CONFLICT & ISRAEL'S SEARCH FOR PEACE:  THE ISRAELIS' CREATION OF A FREE, VIBRANT, & CREATIVE SOCIETY IN THE AUTHORITARIAN & BACKWARD MIDDLE EAST, DESPITE THE JEWISH NATION, FOR ALMOST SIXTY YEARS, BEING UNDER SIEGE BY THE ARABS -- CAN ISRAEL CONTINUE NURTURING WHAT ITS PEOPLE HAVE BUILT AS A MEANS TO TRUE CHANGE IN THE MIDDLE EAST, OR WILL THE JEWISH STATE, IN ITS SEARCH FOR A GENUINE PEACE, CONTINUE TO NEGOTIATE WITH ITS ARAB ENEMIES, GRASPING AT DELUSIONS OF PEACE THAT WILL THREATEN EVERYTHING THE ISRAELIS HAVE CREATED?

WORLD WAR IV & THE JIHADIST ENEMY OF AMERICA & THE WEST:  AN APOSTLE OF APPEASEMENT & SURRENDER OFFERING ADVICE ON HOW THE U.S.A. SHOULD DEAL WITH THE ISLAMIST ENEMY -- URGING THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TO BEGIN OPENING CHANNELS TO AL-QA'IDA FOR THE PURPOSE OF NEGOTIATING A TRUCE -- IGNORING HISTORY, WHICH IS REPLETE WITH LESSONS THAT TEACH THE FUTILITY OF NEGOTIATING WITH PEOPLE WHO WANT TO KILL YOU

THE RULE OF LAW & ACCOUNTABILITY OF GOVERNMENT OFFICEHOLDERS TO THE PEOPLE THEY GOVERN:  TWO CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL CONCEPTS THAT ARE SPREADING THROUGHOUT THE ARAB WORLD -- SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RULERS & RULED OCCURRING IN THE MIDDLE EAST -- THE PATH BEING PAVED FOR THE EVENTUAL ADVENT OF CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY IN THE ARAB WORLD

PARTISAN POLITICS, LIBERAL DEMOCRATS, POLITICAL CORRUPTION, & ABUSE OF POWER: LIBERAL DEMOCRATS' CORRUPTION OF THE LEGAL PROCESS -- SEEKING THE INDICTMENT OF PROMINENT PERSONS TARGETED, NOT FOR TRULY ILLICIT BEHAVIOR, BUT RATHER AS A RESULT OF THE CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY THEY REPRESENT -- USING THE LEGAL SYSTEM TO PROSECUTE & SMEAR LEADING REPUBLICANS & THEREBY ENHANCE DEMOCRATIC PARTY POLITICIANS' CHANCES FOR VICTORY IN FUTURE ELECTIONS -- MOVING AMERICA ONE DANGEROUS STEP CLOSER TO ACCEPTING THE NOTION OF POLITICAL PRISONERS -- IMPLEMENTING A CORRUPT & PERVERSE POLITICAL STRATEGY THAT IS A SERIOUS THREAT TO CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT & THE BASIC RIGHTS OF AMERICAN CITIZENS

LEBANON & SYRIA:  THE OBSTACLES IN THE PATH OF LEBANON BECOMING A STABLE CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY & COMPLETELY FREEING ITSELF FROM SYRIAN DOMINATION -- HOW AMERICA & EUROPE CAN HELP:  ASSISTING LEBANESE CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATS IN THEIR EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE CONSTITUTIONAL & POLITICAL REFORM -- IDENTIFYING, DIRECTING PRESSURE UPON, & UNDERCUTTING MECHANISMS OF CONTINUED SYRIAN CONTROL OF LEBANON

THE MIDDLE EAST & CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY:  REGIME CHANGE IN IRAQ & PROSPECTS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF STABLE & ENDURING CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENTAL SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE EASTERN REGION -- ENHANCING DEMOCRATIZATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST:  WHAT THE U.S.A. & THE WEST SHOULD & SHOULD NOT DO

TURKEY UNDER THE LEADERSHIP & CONTROL OF RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN & THE SOCALLED "JUSTICE & DEVELOPMENT PARTY":   TURKEY'S TURN AWAY FROM TOLERANCE, DIVERSITY OF BELIEF, THE RULE OF LAW, & SECULAR NATIONALISM -- TURKEY'S MOVE TOWARD MILITANT ISLAM & ISLAMIST DICTATORSHIP -- THE U.S. GOVERNMENT'S LACK OF CONFIDENCE IN TURKEY'S CURRENT POLITICAL REGIME

PARTISAN POLITICS, LIBERAL DEMOCRATS, POLITICAL CORRUPTION, & ABUSE OF POWER: THE POLITICAL LEFT'S USE OF AMERICA'S LEGAL SYSTEM TO ATTACK REPUBLICANS, WHILE IGNORING THE INCESSANT SLEAZE & SCANDAL THAT OCCURRED DURING THE CLINTON PRESIDENCY -- HOW THE DISHONESTY & BETRAYALS OF THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION SERIOUSLY JEOPARDIZED THE SECURITY & VERY EXISTENCE OF THE U.S.A. -- THE PRICE WE ARE PAYING FOR THE CLINTON POLITICAL MACHINE'S ENDANGERMENT OF AMERICAN NATIONAL INTERESTS

IRAQ & ITS NEW CONSTITUTION:  IRAQI POLITICS & THE RECENT CONSTITUTIONAL DRAFTING & RATIFICATION PROCESS IN IRAQ -- DEMONSTRATION BY THE IRAQIS OF THEIR DESIRE TO DETERMINE THEIR POLITICAL FUTURE THROUGH POLITICAL NEGOTIATION, COMPROMISE, & DEMOCRATIC DECISION-MAKING AT THE BALLOT BOX -- IRAQ'S SLOW BUT STEADY PROGRESS TOWARD THE RULE OF LAW, LIBERTY UNDER LAW, & STABLE CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY

THE ROLE OF IRAN IN THE WORLDWIDE ISLAMIC JIHAD AGAINST AMERICA & WESTERN CIVILIZATION:  TRANSPARENCY OF THE BAD INTENTIONS OF THE AYATOLLAHS CURRENTLY RULING IRAN -- THE IRANIAN POLITICAL REGIME'S ENDEAVOR TO ACQUIRE A NUCLEAR ARSENAL, WHICH, WITHOUT HESITATION, IT WOULD USE, ALONG WITH TERRORISTS & DIRTY RADIATION BOMBS -- THE REGIME'S UNDISGUISED DETERMINATION TO DESTROY THE U.S.A. -- THE COMING SHOWDOWN BETWEEN THE U.S.A. & IRAN & THE LIKELY CONSEQUENCES OF THE CONFLICT

THE IRANIAN POLITICAL REGIME & THE GROWING THREAT IT POSES TO AMERICAN NATIONAL INTERESTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST & CENTRAL ASIA:  THE REGIME'S MOVING AGGRESSIVELY TOWARD ACQUIRING NUCLEAR CAPABILITY THAT COULD BE EASILY TRANSFORMED INTO AN OFFENSIVE NUCLEAR ARSENAL -- THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT AS A MAJOR SPONSOR OF ISLAMIC TERRORISM -- THE BALANCE OF POWER IN THE PERSIAN GULF SHIFTING TOWARD IRAN -- HOW THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT SHOULD RESPOND TO THE GROWING IRANIAN THREAT

NEWS ABOUT THE ISLAMIST ENEMY IN THE GLOBAL TERROR WAR -- WORD FROM A TOP ENEMY LEADER & SPOKESMAN IN THE FOURTH WORLD WAR:  AYMAN AL-ZAWAHIRI'S REVELATION OF IMPORTANT TRUTHS ABOUT THE ISLAMIST INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST MOVEMENT -- AL-QA'IDA & THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION ARE IN TROUBLE -- AL-QA'IDA IS ON THE RUN & HAVING PROBLEMS FUNDING ITS OPERATIONS & CONDUCTING THE INSURGENCY IN IRAQ -- THE ENEMY WAR EFFORT IS BEING WEAKENED BY DIVISION & CONFLICT BETWEEN SUNNIS & SHI'ITES

FRANCE, ISLAM, & THE MIDDLE EAST:  THE MIDDLE EASTERN POLICY OF FRANCE UNDER THE POLITICAL LEADERSHIP OF JACQUES CHIRAC -- A PATTERN OF EMBRACING MIDDLE EASTERN RULERS HOSTILE TO INTERNATIONAL NORMS OF BEHAVIOR & IN CONFLICT WITH WESTERN CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACIES -- THE EVOLUTION OF CHIRAC'S PRO-ARAB, PRO-ISLAMIST POLICY & THE MOTIVATIONS DRIVING THAT POLICY -- WHAT WILL BE THE LEGACY OF THE CHIRAC DOCTRINE?

THE REPUBLICAN PARTY & THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 2008:  THE PARTY'S NOMINATION OF JOHN MCCAIN, CONDOLEEZZA RICE, OR SOME OTHER CANDIDATE PROMOTED BY THE SOCALLED "REPUBLICAN MODERATES" -- SURE WAY FOR THE REPUBLICANS TO LOSE THE 2008 ELECTION

THE PALESTINIAN CHOICE:  A PALESTINIAN STATE OR A PALESTINIAN STRUGGLE -- STRUGGLE AS THE CHOICE OF MANY PALESTINIANS -- THEIR UNWILLINGNESS TO SEE THE ISRAELI OCCUPATION OF THE GAZA STRIP AS HAVING COME TO AN END -- EQUATING THE END OF THE OCCUPATION WITH THE END OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL -- HIGH TIME FOR THE PALESTINIANS TO END THEIR SELF-IMPOSED OCCUPATION OF THE PALESTINIAN MIND

THE IRANIAN POLITICAL REGIME'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE ISLAMIST & BAATHIST INSURGENCY IN IRAQ:  WHAT CAN CONTAIN THE IRANIAN CHALLENGE TO THE U.S.A. & GREAT BRITAIN IN IRAQ & ELSEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE EAST -- SKILLFUL DIPLOMACY, BACKED UP BY A CREDIBLE THREAT TO USE MILITARY FORCE

THE U.S. PRESIDENCY OF JAMES EARL CARTER:  ANALYSIS & EVALUATION BY ALAN CARUBA -- JIMMY CARTER AS THE WORST PRESIDENT THE AMERICAN VOTERS EVER ELECTED TO OFFICE -- CARTER BEFORE, DURING, & SINCE HIS SINGLE TERM AS PRESIDENT -- CARTER AS A NATIONAL EMBARRASSMENT

POLITICAL CONTROVERSY OVER APPOINTMENT OF UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT JUSTICES:  THE OUTRAGE OF CONSERVATIVES OVER PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH'S NOMINATION OF HARRIET ELLAN MIERS TO FILL A SUPREME COURT VACANCY -- DOES THE PRESIDENT HAVE A GRAND STRATEGY TO RETURN THE FEDERAL COURTS TO THEIR PROPER ROLE OF PROTECTING THE U.S. CONSTITUTION?  WHY CONSERVATIVES, IN THE MEANTIME, SHOULD NEITHER DECLARE VICTORY NOR CONCEDE DEFEAT

THE CURRENT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SYRIA & LEBANON:  SYRIA'S UNDERGROUND INTELLIGENCE APPARATUS IN LEBANON AS THE BASIS OF SYRIAN CONTROL OF LEBANON -- SYRIA'S EXPLOITATION OF & FINANCIAL DEPENDENCE ON THE LEBANESE ECONOMY -- THE PROBLEM THAT THE SITUATION POSES FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY & UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY IN THE MIDDLE EAST:  THE ANTIWAR MESSAGE & FOREIGN POLICY ADVICE OF LIBERAL LEFTIST DEMOCRATIC PARTY POLITICIANS -- URGING THE U.S.A. TO WITHDRAW FROM THE NEW CHALLENGE PRESENTED BY THE MIDDLE EAST & THE ISLAMIST INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST MOVEMENT, ABANDON AMERICA'S MORAL & MILITARY OBLIGATIONS TO THE AFGHAN & IRAQI PEOPLES, BELIEVE THAT FRANCE, GERMANY, & RUSSIA ARE AMERICA'S TRUE ALLIES, BELIEVE THAT THE UNITED NATIONS IS OF GREAT VALUE, & WITHDRAW TO THE UTTERLY FALSE NOTION OF A FORTRESS AMERICA -- ADVOCATING THE DEFEAT OF EVERYTHING AMERICA HAS STOOD FOR IN THE PAST & STANDS FOR NOW

THE MIDDLE EAST & UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY:  THE BUSH DOCTRINE -- DECLARATION THAT IT IS U.S. POLICY TO SEEK & SUPPORT CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENTS & INSTITUTIONS IN EVERY NATION & CULTURE, WITH THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF ENDING TYRANNY IN THE WORLD -- DEATH OF THE BUSH DOCTRINE THROUGH INEPTNESS & LACK OF WILL

CHALLENGES FACING IRAQI CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY:  THE INSURGENCY, THE THREAT OF OUTSIDE POWERS SEEKING TO DESTABILIZE IRAQ BY PROXY, & UNITED STATES STRATEGY UNDERCUTTING IRAQI SECURITY --THE QUESTION OF IRAQ'S READINESS FOR CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY -- ELECTORAL & CONSTITUTIONAL MILESTONES ALREADY ACHIEVED -- THE NEED FOR IRAQI POLITICAL FACTIONS TO UPHOLD THE RULE OF LAW & HOW U.S. POLICYMAKERS CAN & SHOULD HELP

THE BASIC POLITICAL THEORY & FUNDAMENTAL LAW UNDERLYING THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC:  RULE BASED ON THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED & THE TRUE DEFINITION OF BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP CONTAINED IN THE CITIZENSHIP CLAUSE IN THE FOURTEENTH ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION

CURRENT & RECENT ANTICS AMONG WYOMING DEMOCRATS:  A REFLECTION OF THE CHAOS & DIVISION WITHIN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, U.S.A. -- THE TWO FACES THAT DEMOCRATS AROUND THE COUNTRY ATTEMPT TO PORTRAY TO THEIR CONSTITUENCIES, ONE FACE REPRESENTING MODERATION & THE OTHER REPRESENTING FIRE-BREATHING LIBERALISM -- THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ELITES VERSUS THE IDEALISTIC DEMOCRATIC PARTY RADICALS

POLITICAL ENVIRONMENTALISM & ECONOMIC SELF-INTEREST VERSUS USE OF DDT TO FIGHT MALARIA & SAVE LIVES:   POLITICAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION BUREAUCRACY COALESCE WITH BAYER CROP SCIENCES, A GERMAN MANUFACTURES OF PESTICIDES WHICH ARE FAR MORE EXPENSIVE & FAR LESS EFFECTIVE THAN DDT, TO BAR AFRICAN COUNTRIES FROM USING DDT AS A MEANS TO CONTROL MALARIA & PREVENT WIDESPREAD LOSS OF LIFE -- EU & BAYER'S OPPOSITION TO DDT USE CAUSING MALARIA TO INCREASE, RESULTING IN GREATER LOSS OF AFRICAN LIVES

THE INTERNATIONAL DEMOCRATIC UNION & ITS ADVOCACY OF FABIAN SOCIALISM & MAJORITARIAN DICTATORSHIP:   HOW THE POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY OF THE IDU DIFFERS FROM THE FUNDAMENTAL GOVERNING PRINCIPLES STATED IN THE AMERICAN DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, EMBODIED IN THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, & UNDERLYING AMERICA'S CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

SYRIA AS A CONTINUING PROBLEM FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:  THE SYRIAN POLITICAL REGIME STILL IN THE CROSS HAIRS OF U.S. DEFENSE & INTELLIGENCE CONCERN -- SYRIAN ATTEMPTS TO ACQUIRE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION, PARTICULARLY SOPHISTICATED SURFACE-TO-SURFACE BALLISTIC MISSILES -- HIGH PROBABILITY THAT SYRIA NOW POSSESSES BIOLOGICAL & CHEMICAL WEAPONS, AS WELL AS NUCLEAR SECRETS -- THE SYRIAN REGIME'S DEMONSTRATED WILLINGNESS TO USE TERRORISM TO ADVANCE ITS GEOPOLITICAL GOALS

HURRICANE KATRINA, PARTISAN POLITICS, & POLITICAL PROPAGANDA:  LIBERAL LEFTIST HYPOCRISY, DISHONESTY, & CALLOUS POLITICAL EXPLOITATION OF A NATURAL DISASTER & HUMAN TRAGEDY IN A BLATANT PARTISAN ATTEMPT TO GAIN ADVANTAGE FOR DEMOCRATIC PARTY POLITICIANS IN THEIR DRIVE TO UNSEAT CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS & ACHIEVE POLITICAL ASCENDANCY FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY & ITS LEADERSHIP -- STANDARD LIBERAL OPERATING PROCEDURE (SLOP)

WHAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO THE TOP OF THE LIST OF IMMEDISTE FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITIES OF THE U.S.A.:  REGIME CHANGE IN IRAN -- THE DIRE NEED TO ELIMINATE THE SERIOUS THREAT TO U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY & INTERNATIONAL PEACE POSED BY THE IRANIAN POLITICAL REGIME OF PSYCHOTIC AYATOLLAHS DETERMINED TO ACQUIRE NUCLEAR WEAPONS & LONGRANGE BALLISTIC MISSILES, TO BUILD, MAINTAIN, CONTROL, & DIRECT AN INTERNATIONAL NETWORK OF ISLAMIST TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS, TO UNDERMINE & DESTROY THE U.S.A. & ITS ALLIES, & TO SPREAD THE DOMINATION OF ISLAM THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE WORLD

POLITICAL ENVIRONMENTALISM:  A MAJOR OBSTACLE TO FIGHTING DISEASE, IMPROVING HUMAN HEALTH, & SAVING LIVES IN AFRICA -- ENVIRONMENTALIST IDEOLOGUES IN THE BUREAUCRACIES OF THE U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, THE WORLD BANK, & THE EUROPEAN UNION DETERMINED TO KEEP AFRICANS FROM USING PESTICIDES AS A MEANS OF DISEASE PREVENTION & PROTECTING HUMAN HEALTH -- THE CONSEQUENCE:  INEFFECTIVE DISEASE PREVENTION MEASURES & MILLIONS OF AFRICAN DEATHS

AFRICA:  THE SCOURGES OF ISLAM, MARXISM, TRIBALISM, ANARCHY, CORRUPT POLITICS, EXTREMELY RAPACIOUS DICTATORS, & A TOTAL CULTURE OF CRIMILALITY -- THE HISTORY OF AFRICA AS A STORY OF DISEASE, STARVATION, MURDER, RAPE, TORTURE, THEFT, GREED, & MEGALOMANIA -- AFRICA'S IMMUNITY TO CONSTITUTIONALISM, THE RULE Of LAW, & HONEST & EFFECTIVE SELF-GOVERNANCE

THE APPOINTMENT OF U.S. FEDERAL JUDGES:  APPOINTMENT BY THE PRESIDENT, BY & WITH THE ADVICE & CONSENT OF U.S. SENATE -- HOW LIBERAL DEMOCRATS HAVE SUCCEEDED IN MAKING THE SENATE'S JUDICIAL CONFIRMATION PROCESS A GROTESQUE CARICATURE OF WHAT THE FRAMERS OF THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTION ORIGINALLY INTENDED -- THE DEMOCRATS' ENDEAVOR TO DISTORT THE JUDICIAL CONFIRMATION PROCESS & USE THE U.S. COURTS AS A MEANS OF GAINING POLITICAL POWER FAR GREATER THAN THEY MIGHT HAVE ACQUIRED THROUGH ELECTIONS

ISLAMISM & AUTHORITARIANISM VERSUS CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY IN THE MIDDLE EAST:  ISLAMIST POLITICS & THE EGYPTIAN DICTATORSHIP OF HOSNI MUBARAK VERSUS AGITATION FOR CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL REFORM IN EGYPT -- THE STORY OF EGYPTIAN DISSIDENT AYMAN NOUR

THE THREAT OF ISLAMIST TERRORISM & THE U.S. RESPONSE TO THE THREAT:  SUCCESSES & FAILURES OF AMERICA'S INTELLIGENCE & LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES -- TIME TO REVIEW THE SUCCESSES & FAILURES & TO EXAMINE THE LESSONS WE HAVE LEARNED, OR SHOULD HAVE LEARNED, FROM THE SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, ISLAMIST TERRORIST ATTACKS ON THE U.S.A.

U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY:  U.S. SENATOR JON KYLE'S POSITIONS ON U.S. MILITARY ACTION IN IRAQ, EFFORTS OF ROGUE STATES TO ACQUIRE & USE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION, OUR NEED TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING & EQUIPPING AMERICA'S ARMED FORCES, & ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM OF SHORTFALLS IN U.S. INTELLIGENCE CAPABILITIES

AMERICA'S NEED FOR AN ENERGY STRATEGY TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE & EVENTUALLY END THE NATION'S DEPENDENCE ON PETROLEUM FROM FOREIGN SOURCES -- KEYS TO SOLVING AMERICA'S ENERGY PROBLEM VIA INCREASED DOMESTIC PRODUCTION:  DEVELOPMENT & USE OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES, EXPLORATION & DEVELOPMENT OF NEW AREAS WHERE OIL CAN BE FOUND, STRENGTHENING OUR SYSTEM OF ECONOMIC COMPETITION & FREE MARKETS AS THE PRIMARY MEANS TO FOSTER CREATION OF NEW WAYS TO MORE EFFICIENTLY USE THE ENERGY WE DO HAVE, & EFFECTIVE, COST-EFFICIENT PROGRAMS TO PROMOTE UTILIZATION OF ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF ENERGY

PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, & MANKIND'S PROPER RELATIONSHIP TO NATURE:  POLITICAL ENVIRONMENTALISM VERSUS THE JUDEO-CHRISTIC ETHIC -- ENVIRONMENTALISM AS AN IDEOLOGY & PHILOSOPHY CONTRARY TO THE WILL OF GOD, AS EXPRESSED IN THE FIRST CHAPTER OF THE BOOK OF GENESIS IN THE HOLY BIBLE -- THE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS & DEMANDS OF ENVIRONMENTALISTS AS COUNSEL TO DISOBEY GOD'S COMMAND THAT HUMAN BEINGS HAVE FRUITFUL DOMINION OVER THE EARTH -- RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP OF THE EARTH'S RESOURCES AS THE ROUTE TO ECONOMIC PROSPERITY & HUMAN WELL-BEING

IRAQ'S DRAFT CONSTITUTION & THE DIFFICULTIES ITS FRAMERS & SUPPORTERS FACE IN GETTING THE DOCUMENT ADOPTED, ACCEPTED, & FOLLOWED BY THE VARIOUS COMPONENTS OF THE IRAQI POPULATION:  SECTARIAN & ETHNIC CONFLICT, LACK OF A SINGLE IRAQI COMMON NATIONAL CULTURE & IDENTITY, OPERATION OF ISLAMIST & TRIBAL MILITIAS, LOCAL & REGIONAL DICTATORSHIPS, THE INSURGENCY, BLUNDERS OF AMERICAN & BRITISH OFFICIALS & DIPLOMATS IN IRAQ, & THE INSINCERITY & DOUBLE-DEALING OF IRAQI POLITICAL ELITES WHO PRETEND TO COOPERATE WITH THE AMERICANS & BRITS -- THE REALITY THAT IS DIRECTLY CHALLENGING ASPIRATIONS FOR CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT & THE RULE OF LAW BEING ESTABLISHED IN IRAQ

THE FOOD FOLICE AT WORK:  DEPRIVING AMERICANS OF THEIR RIGHTS THROUGH LEGAL ACTION TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT AGAINST THE FOOD INDUSTRY -- GOVERNMENT LAW SUITS INITIATED ON THE BASIS OF CLAIMS THAT ARE DISPUTED & THAT ARE NOT PROVEN BY PEER-REVIEWED, SOUND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH & ANALYSIS

ONE COMMON FAILING AMONG CONSERVATIVES:  THEIR LACK OF SUFFICIENT CYNICISM TO PROPERLY ASSESS THE HYPOCRISY, INTELLECTUAL DISHONESTY, & DECEITFUL NATURE OF THEIR LIBERAL LEFTIST OPPONENTS -- THE REACTION OF CONSERVATIVES TO THE ONGOING ANTICS OF ANTI-WAR LIBERAL LEFTIST CINDY SHEEHAN:  A CASE IN POINT -- CONSERVATIVES' FAILURE TO UNDERSTAND THAT, TO ADHERENTS OF THE LEFTWING LIBERAL IDEOLOGY & PROMOTERS OF THE LEFTWING LIBERAL POLITICAL AGENDA, NO SITUATION IS SO TRAGIC OR PERSONAL THAT IT WOULD CONSTRAIN ONE FROM SHAMELESSLY EXPLOITING THE SITUATION FOR POLITICAL GAIN -- THE NEED FOR CONSERVATIVES TO BE FULLY CONSCIOUS OF & FOREVER ALERT TO THE STANDARD LIBERAL OPERATING PROCEDURE (SLOP)

OPERATION OF AMERICA'S CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AT THE STATE LEVEL, FEDERAL HABEAS REVIEW OF STATE COURT CONVICTIONS FOR CONSTITUTIONAL ERROR, & THE PROPOSED STREAMLINED PROCEDURES ACT OF 2005:  THE ROLE OF DELAY IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM & HOW THE STREAMLINED PROCEDURES ACT WOULD FIT INTO THE ENTIRE SYSTEM -- HOW THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION WOULD CLEAR OUT THE PROCEDURAL UNDERGROWH THAT FOSTERS DELAY, WHILE ENABLING THE U.S. FEDERAL COURTS TO CONSIDER CASES WHERE THERE EXISTS LEGITIMATE CLAIM OF FACTUAL INNOCENCE

THE COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS:  LACK OF INTELLECTUAL HONESTY, EMPIRICAL RIGOR, & TRUE SCHOLARSHIP IN THE COUNCIL'S EXAMINATION & ANALYSIS OF THE SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST & THE PROBLEMS & CHALLENGES THE SITUATION CREATES FOR THE CONDUCT OF UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY & THE PROTECTION OF AMERICAN NATIONAL INTERESTS & SECURITY -- AVOIDANCE OF RESEARCH & DEBATE, WISHFUL THINKING, ADHERENCE TO IDEOLOGY, DISSEMINATION OF PROPAGANDA, & PURSUIT OF A POLITICAL AGENDA -- PUBLICATION OF ARTICLES & REPORTS THAT OPPOSE U.S. UNILATERALISM & MILITARY ACTION, CONDEMN THE STATE OF ISRAEL FOR ITS DEFENSIVE MEASURES AGAINST ISLAMIC TERRORISM, EXONERATE THE PALESTINIAN ARAB LEADERSHIP OF THEIR SPONSORSHIP OF TERRORISM, SUPPORT ENGAGEMENT WITH & APPEASEMENT OF REJECTIONIST STATES & LEADERS, & DOWNPLAY THE THREAT OF RADICAL ISLAM

USE OF HABEAS CORPUS PROCEEDINGS IN THE U.S. COURTS TO CHALLENGE CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS IN THE STATE COURTS:  HOW THE FEDERAL HABEAS CORPUS PROCESS IS FAILING TO ACCOMPLISH ITS INTENDED PURPOSE -- HOW THE PROCESS IN DEATH PENALTY CASES IS INTERFERING WITH IMPORTANT RIGHTS & POWERS OF THE STATES UNDER THE U.S. CONSTITUTION -- HOW THE PROCESS IS UNDERMINING PUBLIC RESPECT FOR THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

ENVIRONMENTALISM, ENVIRONMENTALISTS, & ENVIRONMENTALIST THEORIES HOLDING THAT NATURAL DISASTERS LIKE HURRICANES & BLIZZARDS ARE CAUSED OR EXACERBATED BY HUMAN ACTIVITY -- THE NEED TO DISREGARD SUCH ERRONEOUS, SCIENTIFICALLY UNSOUND THEORIES WHEN DEVELOPING & IMPLEMENTING PROGRAMS TO END FAMINE, ELIMINATE POVERTY, PROTECT HUMAN HEALTH, PROVIDE SOURCES OF ENERGY, & DO THE OTHER GOOD THINGS TO HELP HUMANITY -- JUST SAY "NO" TO THE ENVIRONMENTALISTS & THEIR RADICAL IDEOLOGY & POLITICAL AGENDA

THE ISRAELI WITHDRAWAL FROM THE GAZA STRIP:  THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE 1967 SIX DAY WAR THAT ISRAEL HAS SURRENDERED TERRITORIES CLAIMED BY PALESTINIANS AS PART OF THEIR FUTURE STATE -- UNANSWERED QUESTIONS:   WILL HAMAS & THE ISLAMISTS TAKE CONTROL OF GAZA, OR WILL PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY PRESIDENT MAHMOUD ABBAS MANAGE TO ESTABLISH & MAINTAIN THE RULE OF LAW? -- THE BIGGER QUESTION:  HOW DOES DISENGAGEMENT FROM GAZA AFFECT THE ALLIANCE BETWEEN THE STATE OF ISRAEL & THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA?

AMERICA'S CONTEMPORARY TAX-SUPPORTED EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM:  MAJOR DEFECTS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM -- A TWELVE-STEP PLAN OF ACTION TO CORRECT THE DEFECTS, PUT AN END TO THE WASTE OF YOUNG MINDS & THE TAXPAYERS' MONEY, & THEREBY ENSURE THAT AMERICA'S PUBLIC SCHOOL GRADUATES & THE AMERICAN NATION WILL BE ABLE TO COMPETE IN THE GLOBAL MARKET PLACE OF THE FUTURE

AMERICA'S ECONOMIC PROSPERITY & AMERICAN PESSIMISM:  THE DISCONNECT BETWEEN THE TRUE STATE OF THE U.S. ECONOMY & THE PERCEPTION OF THE AMERICAN POPULATION -- THE REAL DANGER:  ALLOWING A LACK OF ECONOMIC SELF-CONFIDENCE TO BECOME A SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY

MOVING AWAY FROM POLITICAL ENVIRONMENTALISM & SOCIALIST IDEOLOGY TOWARD COMMON SENSE REGARDING THE ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE:  MOVEMENT OF WORLD LEADERS AWAY FROM THE "GLOBAL WARMING" & "CATASTROPHIC CLIMATE CHANGE" ASSUMPTIONS OF THE UNITED NATIONS KYOTO PROTOCOL TOWARD SUPPORT OF ENVIRONMENTAL, CLIMATE, & ENERGY POLICIES INVOLVING COST-EFFECTIVE, FREE-MARKET SOLUTIONS, BASED ON SOUND SCIENCE -- THE G-8 ACTION PLAN, THE METHANE TO MARKETS AGREEMENT, & THE ASIA-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP ON CLEAN DEVELOPMENT & CLEAN CLIMATE

ARMENIANS, TURKS, & THE DEBATE OVER THE MASSACRES OF ARMENIANS IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE DURING WORLD WAR I:  DID THE MASSACRES CONSTITUTE A GENOCIDE?  DID THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT INTENTIONALLY ORGANIZE THE MASSACRES, DELIBERATELY & CONSCIOUSLY PURSUING THE OBJECTIVE OF COMPLETELY DESTROYING THE ARMENIAN POPULATION?  OR, HAVE THE ARMENIAN PARTISANS FAILED TO SUBSTANTIATE THEIR CLAIM THAT THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT HAD & IMPLEMENTED A PREMEDITATED PLAN OF ANNIHILATION? -- THE NEED FOR EMPIRICALLY GROUNDED HISTORICAL RESEARCH THAT SEEKS A COMMON POOL OF FIRM KNOWLEDGE -- THE NEED TO RESCUE HISTORY FROM PARTISANS & IDEOLOGICAL NATIONALISTS WHO HAVE PLUNDERED HISTORY TO SERVE THEIR OWN POLITICAL ENDS

THE CONSEQUENCES OF GROSS INCOMPETENCE, PARTISAN POLITICS, ACTIVIST POLITICAL IDEOLOGUES, & SECURITY LAPSES IN THE U.S. NATIONAL GOVERNMENT DURING THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION:  AMERICAN LIVES LOST & AMERICA'S NATIONAL INTERESTS & SECURITY SERIOUSLY COMPROMISED -- WHAT NASA OFFICIALS & 9-11 COMMISSION MEMBERS ARE TRYING TO COVER UP

CRIMINAL JUSTICE POLICY, THE RIGHTS OF VICTIMS OF CRIME, & THE INTERESTS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC:  ABUSES THAT NOW INFECT THE HABEAS CORPUS SYSTEM IN THE U.S.A. -- THE PROPOSED STREAMLINED PROCEDURES ACT OF 2005 & HOW IT WOULD ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS IN AMERICA'S HABEAS CORPUS SYSTEM -- HOW THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION WOULD HELP PROTECT CRIME VICTIMS' RIGHTS & ENCOURAGE FAIR & EFFECTIVE USE OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN HABEAS CORPUS CASES

PRIVATE PROPERTY IN THE U.S.A.:  THE PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS OF AMERICANS UNDER THE FEDERAL & STATE CONSTITUTIONS --THE NEED FOR CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION TO PROTECT PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS AGAINST THE PRACTICES OF PARTICULAR STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENTS & AGAINST THE DANGEROUSLY EXPANSIVE INTERPRETATION OF EMINENT DOMAIN UPHELD BY THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT IN THE CASE OF KELO V. CITY OF NEW LONDON (2005) & READ BY THE COURT INTO U.S. CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

THE UNITED NATIONS:  ITS HISTORY OF FAILURE, PARTICULARLY AS REGARDS ITS PRIMARY MISSION OF BRINGING ABOUT PEACE IN THE WORLD -- THE UN'S DOMINATION BY ANTI-AMERICAN & ANTI-WESTERN THIRD WORLD GANGSTERS, ITS PROMOTION OF STATIST & SOCIALIST PROGRAMS, & ITS RELENTLESS EFFORTS TO UNDERMINE AMERICA'S & EVERY OTHER NATION'S SOVEREIGNTY IN ORDER TO BECOME A WORLD GOVERNMENT -- UN INDIFFERENCE TO ISLAMIC TERRORISM & THE WORLDWIDE JIHAD THAT THE ISLAMISTS ARE WAGING AGAINST CIVILIZATION -- THE VERY LOW PROBABILITY THAT U.S. AMBASSADOR JOHN BOLTON WILL MAKE ANY REAL PROGRESS IN REFORMING THE UTTERLY FAILED, UTTERLY CORRUPT, UNITED NATIONS

CRIMINAL JUSTICE POLICY & CAPITAL PUNISHMENT:  THE NEED FOR CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION TO EFFECTIVELY & STRICTLY LIMIT USE OF THE RIGHT TO HABEAS CORPUS AS THE BASIS OF FEDERAL COURT APPEALS BY PERSONS UNDER PENALTY OF DEATH, DUE TO CONVICTION IN STATE COURTS OF CAPITAL OFFENSES -- THE STREAMLINED PROCEDURES ACT: PROPOSED LEGISLATION TO UPDATE THE ANTITERRORISM & EFFECTIVE DEATH PENALTY ACT OF 1996, REDUCE THE BACKLOG OF FEDERAL COURT APPEALS FROM STATE CONVICTIONS IN MAJOR CRIMINAL CASES, & HELP BRING CLOSURE TO THE FAMILIES OF VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIME

THE SELECTION PROCESS FOR FILLING VACANCIES ON THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT & ON THE LOWER FEDERAL COURTS:  PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION & SENATE CONFIRMATION, THAT IS, JOINT APPOINTMENT BY THE PRESIDENT & THE SENATE -- HOW THIS ASPECT OF THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM OF CHECKS & BALANCES HAS BECOME FLAWED AS A RESULT OF ITS MISUSE & ABUSE BY LIBERAL LEFTIST DEMOCRATS IN THE SENATE -- MISUNDERSTANDING & DISTORTION OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL ROLE OF THE SENATE IN THE JUDICIAL SELECTION PROCESS -- THE CONSEQUENCE:   THE POLITICALIZATION & SHARP DECLINE IN QUALITY OF AMERICA'S FEDERAL JUDICIARY

THE WORLDWIDE ISLAMIST JIHAD & THE CHECHEN INSURGENCY:  HOW THE ISLAMISTS HAVE CO-OPTED THE CHECHEN CAUSE AS THEIR OWN & ARE USING IT IN THE DEADLY WAR THEY ARE WAGING AGAINST THE WEST -- THE U.S.A. & EUROPE SLOWLY REALIZING THE REPERCUSSIONS OF HUNDREDS OF BATTLE-HARDENED JIHADISTS JUST THREE HOURS BY PLANE FROM WESTERN EUROPE -- DISTANCE NO LONGER A GUARANTEE OF IMMUNITY FROM TERROR -- THE HIGH COST OF LEAVING THE PROBLEM OF CHECHNYA UNADDRESSED

PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH'S EXERCISE OF HIS CONSTITUTIONAL POWER TO MAKE RECESS APPOINTMENTS IN ORDER TO CIRCUMVENT THE SENATE FILIBUSTER OF THE PRESIDENT'S NOMINATION OF JOHN BOLTON FOR APPOINTMENT AS UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS:  GETTING AROUND THE SENATE DEMOCRATS' BLATANTLY PARTISAN USE & ABUSE OF THE FILIBUSTER, DELAYING & OBSTRUCTING THE SENATE CONFIRMATION PROCESS IN AN EFFORT TO WEAKEN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY & THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION, AS WELL AS PREVENT APPOINTMENT OF THE TYPE OF SPOKESMAN & REPRESENTATIVE THE U.S.A. NEEDS AT THE UNITED NATIONS

THE ISRAELI-ARAB CONFLICT & EUROPEAN ATTITUDES REGARDING THE STATE OF ISRAEL: EUROPEAN ANTAGONISM TOWARD ISRAEL & EUROPE'S ALMOST IRRATIONAL HATRED OF ARIEL SHARON -- THE CAUSES:  ANTI-AMERICANISM, THE POLITICALLY BIASED NEWS MEDIA'S ANTIPATHY TOWARD THE JEWISH STATE, PERCEPTION OF ISRAEL AS AN OUTGROWTH OF COLONIALISM, & A WIDESPREAD FEELING OF ANTI-SEMITISM DEEP SEATED IN EUROPEAN HISTORY & CULTURE -- EUROPE'S INVOLVEMENT IN ISRAELI-ARAB DIPLOMACY MORE A HINDRANCE THAN A HELP