Lawmaking can seem like a mysterious process to many of us, and yet it really doesn’t have be that way. The Washington State government makes a substantial effort to make the legislative process accessible to everyone. If you’ve never thought

I’m not the gun-slinging, god fearing, angry white male Republican I try to make myself out to be. For two things, I’m not white or god fearing. The reason for my recent McCain support is that I’m in a poetry

For a president that is executing Bush’s “war on terror” against Al-Qaeda and “its affiliates,” it seems odd that President Obama has targeted the secular Syrian government for “regime change.” Equally odd is that Obama’s strongest military ally on the

A Portuguese translation of How Obama and Al-Qaeda Became Syrian Bedfellows . For a president who is running Bush’s “war on terror” against al-Qaida and “associated forces” [1], it seems strange that President Obama has chosen the Syrian secular government as the

The long awaited Syrian peace talks — instigated by power brokers Russia and the United States — had already passed their initial due date, and are now officially stillborn. The peace talks are dead because the U.S.-backed rebels are boycotting

The rebirth of the Egyptian revolution ushered in the death of the first Muslim Brotherhood government. But some near-sighted analysts limit the events of Egypt to a military coup. Yes, the military is desperately trying to stay relevant — given the enormous initiative of