The Urban Curmudgeon
growls from Manhattan
Finally a studied intelligent look at what is going on in the Middle East and what our President can do about it. Retired Four Star General Wesley Clark spoke to this situation over the weekend and his clear facts and lack
The Republican candidates are having a field day attacking Barak Obama over the state of the Middle East. This is fairly harmless because anyone who can think for themselves and is minimally informed about what the hell is going on over there
Lindsay Graham can be one of the funniest men in politics, but last night at the debates he came up with some of the smartest stuff I have ever heard from a politician. He may have been on the undercard but
ISIS claims that its caliphate is a paradise. All these refugees leaving puts the lie to this. That’s why ISIS loves all the dumb governors in the US that don’t want refugees from Syria. So yes, our Republican refusal to accept refugees
For many thousands of Americans the debate over abortion rights is a very real and very important issue. Like most issues there are two distinct and legitimate sides and debate has often become angry. This is to be expected when issues are
After watching the people of Paris reclaim their city, followed by our cowardly reaction to the terrorists in San Bernardino, it occurred to me that the reaction in Paris is exactly what should be happening here. Over there, despite the attacks, they
Military and intelligence sources both here and abroad seem to agree on one very significant fact in the war on ISIS. We could, undoubtedly take back all the ISIS held territory in Iraq and Syria with about 40,000 troops plus air
Voters are angry We can see this and polls tell us the same story but what are they angry about? This is the question that tells us which Americans are worried about their country and which one are worried about their personal