The Iraq War: Is there an apology for the poor Iraqis and did they really ask for Bush’s democracy?

In 2006, A Johns Hopkins study placed the Iraqi civilian death toll at 600,000. Other estimates place the Iraqi civilian casualty between 200,000 and 1 million. If the injured Iraqis are also to be included in this number and estimated to be 3 injured for every 1 dead Iraqi, then we have a figure that easily exceeds the million mark any way you slice it. Various other sources such as Iraq Body Count place the documented civilian casualty at about...

Emirates Airlines gets it right. Why life is going to be difficult for airlines with union problems.

Recently I had to make a quick trip to India. Economy class options were Emirates, Continental, British Airways, Lufthansa and Air India. Lufthansa was way too expensive and Air India had a longer than average flight duration for where I had to go. British Airways had a festering cabin crew strike and I did not want to risk getting on a flight that could be cancelled. Further, the last time I flew on British Airways, the cabin crew attitude was quite...

Gulf Coast Oil Spill – Is BP really to blame? Or have we forgotten the politicians who favor drilling?

The failure of BP to plug the undersea oil gusher makes most people quite angry about the company and the oil industry in general. But the overall problem is that, even today, there is no real alternative to gasoline as an alternative fuel for automobiles. If this disaster had not happened, the average American would still be going about his or her way with hardly a thought to the environment. While anger towards BP is a localized and short term emotion...

Fringe: The Fox Paradox

I think most of the Fox TV’s luminaries such as Bill O’Reilly or Glenn Beck are highly polarizing people and I don’t waste my time watching their shows. I also think that for any broadcast medium to become some sort of a political mouthpiece (in this case the Republican party), leads to a general lack of credibility. But, there is a wonderful Sci-Fi show called “Fringe” on Fox, that I think is absolutely fantastic and...