Proposition: Should the U.S. Take Afghanistan?

The choice between leaving Afghanistan and staying as a military occupation is not a good one. I believe we can do neither.

I propose the following: We take Afghanistan. Maybe, just maybe, fifty years down the line, Afghani's might become one of our states, with voting power.

Corporate Hands Are Bloody

Consider Bob Herbert's op-ed in The New York Times, July 31, 2010, entitled "A Sin And A Shame." http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/31/opinion/31herbert.html