Mr. Moderate

Its been just over a year since my last post. Things have happened in my life. But I’m ready to come back to blogging now, so here we go.

A number of issues have experienced dramatic change since I ran out of time and energy for blogging back on July 1, 2007. BBC reporter Alan Johnston was released from captivity, largely unharmed (physically, anyway; the mental strain is another matter). The housing crisis in the USA has ballooned into a full-blown disaster for America, with major financial institutions forced into unfavorable take-overs or other painful reorganization steps. General Petreaus was actually able to make “the surge” in Iraq work. But while the military news is reasonably good, politically the Iraq government is still demanding that US troops leave Iraq, which means that we will still eventually lose any long-term benefits from fighting the Iraq war.

Unfortunately, however, most of the other topics I wrote about over a year ago are still with us today, largely unchanged. So, once more into the blogosphere I go. Please keep an eye on this page as I expect to post regularly at least through the 2008 election.