Issues Under Fire

What happens if the big one really does go bang in America?

Something smells fishy around here! Minerva, is that you?

Efforts to understand who's sabotaging Hagel's confirmation and why. Efforts to understand how Congress could leave Washington while the country faces sequestration.

Medic deals with the challenges of breast cancer before medical advances of today.

Medic's shocking examination of screwball's head

An examination of a series of murders and killings as the President's STOA address calls for laws to quell to gun violence. Could this is more than coincidence?

Medic explores the intricacy of the noggin

Force to get out on a limb, we submitting for your review the possibility that sequestration might have been the plan to scam self imposed austerity.

Weird science fiction from years past

When the Turkish PM publicly castigates Syria's al Assad for not attacking Isreal, something tells us America is out of the loop.

If America won't enact universal background checks, then it bloody well better enact universal healthcare. To enact neither is shameful.

Big brian gets special attention

GOP leaders promise to hold Hagel in limbo until Panetta and Dempsey face some fire. Meanwhile, North Africa and beyond simmers and seethes at Western intervention.

Despite Hagel's inability to articulate a sound defense for his reputation as an outlier, a rugged independence still bled through!

Russians are now playing role of referee between the Syrian regime and Western powers. As Bashar al Assad's grip loosens, vultures of every stripe are poised to clean the carcass.