Operation WTF

By: scipio62 (Diary)  |  March 20th at 01:02 PM  | 

The Obama administration may call it Operation Odyssey Dawn, but I think my name is more appropriate. This is Obama’s war. Worse, it’s a war seemingly without a legitimate foreign policy goal; it also follows the administration’s lack of real outrage at the release, by the British government, of the Lockerbie terrorist al-Megrahi (who still hasn’t croaked). Full Disclosure: I would love to see Qaddafi | Read More »

Democracy is Very Messy

By: scipio62 (Diary)  |  February 1st at 11:51 PM  | 

You know, we in the United States have been spoiled. Our Revolution to throw out our British masters was tough. But the British left us with some very good institutions from which to create an American government and society. The government implemented immediately after the Revolution, under the Articles of Confederation, transitioned fairly peacefully to the one we have under the Constitution. Even the Civil | Read More »

The Queens of England and Great Britain

By: scipio62 (Diary)  |  November 27th at 10:37 AM  | 

I want to stay away for current politics for now. I’ve always been somewhat of an Anglophile and very interested in English history. In a way, it makes sense; much of what made the United States, the institutions, representative government, language, etc., came directly from its being part of Great Britain prior to the American Revolution. Interestingly, America has yet to elect a woman as | Read More »