The Sunday death of Sunni cleric Sheikh Ahmad Abdel-Wahed, a Sunni religious leader, could prove to be pivotal to the situation in Northern Lebanon. Abdel-Wahed’s killing at a Lebanese Army checkpoint in the Akkar district, less than 10 miles from the Syrian border, could prove to be the flashpoint for the spread of violence from [...]

In a world of guerilla marketing and over-the-top campaigns to get products noticed, it’s easy to forget that we aren’t the first generation to make advertising immersive. This is a story of one campaign, largely forgotten by history, that stands unparalleled in terms of “taking you there.” In the winter of 1942, allied governments were rallying their [...]

Michael Bloomberg is putting his foot down. Want to use food stamps? Shop healthier, says the mayor of New York City. The city government has asked the feds to impose a two-year ban on the purchase of sodas and certain other sugary drinks using food stamps. This is in line with Bloomberg’s campaign for public [...]

I’m tired of politics; tired of defending a President who is acting like a college student with a new credit card; tired of listening to extremist TEA Party folks who are just out for themselves, or, worse, support people like Sarah Palin. I’m tired of the “moral majority” getting caught cheating on their spouses. I’m [...]

In an Op-Ed piece in March 2010,  General McPeak, the former Air Force Chief of Staff said, “I believe repealing ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ will weaken the warrior culture at a time when we have a fight on our hands.” He may be right, questions about the existence of such a warrior culture in the [...]