One of the supreme ironies of our time is that a religiously-motivated US president went to war in the name of God to set up a non-religious state in Iraq to protect Americans against a highly religious movement known as Al Qaeda.

The recent, less-than-informed coverage of the death of Benazir Bhutto reminds us of Neville Chamberlain's infamous comment about Czechsolovakia as " a faraway country about which we know nothing."

The Archbishop of Canterbury, the head of the Church of England, stirred up a storm when he spoke of the Nativity as a "myth." The Pope didn't have that problem. Perhaps the Pope has a stronger brand identity than does the Church of England?

It is time just to face up to what we know to be the case: Anything goes.

The Omaha mall incident adds 9 more victims onto this year's tally of innocents who died because of gun control.

By taking this preposterous action, the CIA has provided a signal service.

Armed citizens make it a bit harder to do evil.

It's the teddy bear being insulted, by being given such a disreputable name.

The secret of safety was and is crime prevention, not crime investigation.

Unlimited money, unlimited visibility, unlimited clout - what could possibly go wrong?