Global instability caused by our government's incompetence.

Organized record-keeping is beyond the government's abilities.

Nobody should be permitted unaccountable power.

Confidently seeing good and evil for what they are - and fighting for the side of right.

Reformers have tried to civilize Islam - and failed.

What happens when two corrupt political machines fight over a city?

Competition between China, India - and maybe Russia.

Government fixes generally make things worse.

The big media mystery that's no mystery at all.

How do you share intelligence without it escaping?