The puppy-throwers.

WAR SUPPORTERS, OPPONENTS CLASH IN COMMENTS SECTION
The war is won. Terrorists watch American TV. We’re in it for oil. Supporting the troops  means questioning your government. Terrorists gain strength every time you compain about Iraq. This, and much, much more (52 comments, most of them quite thoughtful) in the comments section to our post of [...]

Today’s Reality Check
This weekend, General Patreaus announced that Al-Qaeda in Iraq has been disrupted to such an extent that it “no longer operates in large numbers in any neighborhood of the capital.” Which is wonderful news.
…And totally meaningless, if you live in Diyala. Today someone rode a bicycle–almost certainly manufactured in Iran!–into a [...]

Across the country, we are running out of water. Water. Today in California, we find that we are running out of firefighters. And around the world, to differing degrees, we are running out of oil. According to The Guardian we hit peak oil in 2006 and output will continue to fall [...]

So we aren’t that effective when it comes to nation-building. But who is? And “keeping peace” around the globe didn’t turn out to be such a great idea. But don’t forget about American Ingenuity, the efficient, barrier-blasting power that emerges–as dependably as any force in physics–when you pair unfettered minds with a [...]