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My return to the United States has brought me back to the non-stop political spin cycle that thankfully does not penetrate much abroad. T...

I was in Europe and Asia for the last two weeks. As a result, my posts have been few; despite what I expected, internet access was difficu...

Mitt Romney announced that in his administration, American foreign aid to Egypt would be conditioned on the Egyptians meeting certain condit...

During the last four years, president Obama has tried to become friends with the leftists of South America. Hugo Chavez of Venezuela was th...

I spent Saturday in Odessa in the Ukraine, a surprising gem of a city on the shores of the Black Sea. No one here cares very much about the...

I watched the debate between Mitt Romney and president Obama in Instanbul, Turkey and shortly after that I found myself sitting at lunch wit...

Another area where there are clear differences between the Republicans and the Democrats is on the issues relating to the use of coal to gen...