>Tata chosen as top bidder for Jaguar, Land Rover I know Ford Motor Company has been trying to make itself more profitable. Ford has been shedding people and trying to focus on maintaining market share against Toyota. In this article, Tata Motors of India has been identified as the new owner of Jaguar and Land…

> Thomas Friedman, New Times columnist, writing in a recent column, makes a motion to only support those candidates that unite Americans around “a common purpose, not a common enemy.” I second that motion. For the last six years, our country’s leadership has developed an extremely myopic view of American policy, whether it is domestic…

> Lesser Berserkistan, of course! Sorry, Gary T. I didn’t get your permission to post. I do think that your treatment of these events hit home, however. Let’s form a sub-committee to investigate the deaths of hundreds, thousands, millions of people, e.g. Sudan/Darfur, Rwanda. Particularly while it is happening. Oh, yeah, while we are at…

>Can Islam and Democracy co-exist? Or, in other words, is a democracy the best form of government for Iraq, or for any other nation in the region, for that matter? Iraq is not the only example of U.S. regime change within the region, only the latest. To answer this question, I wanted to find evidence…

>America’s fastest-growing suburbs The migration to the Sunbelt continues. Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and southern California comprise the Sunbelt. The Sunbelt area has fewer cloudy days than many other areas of the country, hence the moniker, “Sunbelt.” Granted, the community of Lincoln, CA., is located on the fringe of the Sunbelt, but its growth seems…

“The World Is Flat” should be required reading for every incoming college Freshman in the United States. We, the United States, is in BIG trouble. One, we are ignorant of the global forces at work around us. We are arrogant and see ourselves as The Bastion of Hope and Democracy. We are not. An arguement…

>Fareed Zakaria provides analysis and insight unlike all others. His articles and essays are favorites of mine. The price of Newsweek for his commentary alone is worth it. I am less familiar with David Ignatius, but as Dr. Zakaria (he has a Ph.D in Political Science from Harvard) has partnered himself with David to host…

>But why did this have to take five years? The Washington Post website, On Faith, is a fantastic website dealing with the issues of faith. Coverage includes most Christian faiths, though also includes some Judaism. Currently, On Faith is hosting several Muslim scholars who are entertaining questions regarding Islam and Arab faith. Controversial and challenging,…

>FT.com / Home UK / UK – US takes China to task over Iraq and Afghan arms Arms: their use, distribution, and manufacturer have a definite geographic character. Many countries are net weapons exporters. France, Great Britain, China, North Korea, Iran, Syria, Germany, and, of course, the United States. The United States is the world’s…

Without a doubt, this is a great bit of geography! Devolution and Failed States, these are the topics. What can make a new state successful, and what can kill a state in its infancy. Kosovo – yes, I foresee Kosovo as standing on its own, one day. For how long is another matter … South…