This week representatives of the Middle East Quartet (US, EU, Russia and UN) will meet with Palestinian and Jerusalem officials to discuss actions on prior agreements that would facilitate a two-state solution.Read More

President Obama has spent the last year and a half doing as little as possible to get involved in Syria. From helping refugees to aiding the “moderate rebels” he allegedly backs, his policy has been passive at best. Now that Russia is fully backing its horse in the race, the hundreds of millions of dollars...Read More

Technology keeps getting better and better.  What used to be four D cell batteries in a boom box pumping out the jams from our favorite cassettes, morphed into spinning a CD in a portable player powered by rechargeable batteries.   Since then, music has become even more accessible, playing through our phones, IPods, and even our...Read More

In nearly every case of uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa, the result of the much ballyhooed Arab Spring and subsequent revolts of different names have been bad. They’ve been bad for the people. They’ve been bad for relations with the United States and Israel. They’ve been bad for stability in the region.Read More

Say what you will about social media, but its impact is profound, and wide-reaching.  As a business owner, a poor review on social media can cause a drastic decline in clientele.  As a human being, being defamed on Facebook can cause you to be a party to some suspicious glances at a social gathering.  For...Read More

While many conspiracy theorists point to “Big Brother” as the real villain in many scenarios, few can contradict the benefits that license plate scanners and traffic photos have played in catching criminals and even saving victims. It’s an Orwellian scenario that has proven to be helpful to American society, but there are limits.Read More

An activist in support of “No Borders” has dedicated over a month of her life to helping Sudanese migrants. In the forest not far from the camp in Ventimiglia (between France and Italy) where fellow activists and migrants were protesting, she was gang raped.Read More

It’s common for pet owners to spay or neuter their dogs and cats. The process is on that requires pain and maintenance; dogs hate wearing the “cone of shame” that prevents them from chewing on their stitches. A new “vaccine” could be used to sterilize them quickly and without the dreaded cone.Read More

Compact cars are a dime a dozen.  There are a plethora of options on the auto market, but where do even begin to choose the one that is right for you?  Buying a new car is an often taxing process under normal circumstances, but when the market is flooded with good options it can become...Read More

Over the last year, the accuracy of traditional phone polls, which account for nearly all of the major pollsters in America, has been proven to be extremely unreliable. In an age of do-not-call, unlimited digital voicemail, robocallers, and smartphones, the numbers are proving to be so far off that the standard margin of error can...Read More