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The 'Skeeter Bites Report
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A weekly news analysis and commentary on U.S. politics, culture and life in general (with an occasional "Northern Exposure" look at Canada). New articles published every Monday. "Special Editions" published on Wednesdays or Thursday as events warrant.
Recent Posts
Plan to Move \'Gitmo\' Detainees to Illinois Prison Under Fire From Both Right and Left
Plan By Federal Government to Purchase Underutilized Maximum-Security State Prison in President's Home State Is Attacked By Republicans as 'a Threat to U.S. Security' and By Rights Advocates as 'Continuation of Unconstitutional Bush Policy' -- But We...
Obama\'s Nobel Speech an Echo of Bush 41 -- and a Damning Indictment of Bush 43
President's Address Defending the Use of Force When Necessary Was Reflective of the Elder Bush, Who Went to War to Stop Saddam Hussein's Aggression Against Kuwait With the Broad Support of the World Community -- Unlike the Younger Bush, Who Defied th...
Obama\'s \'Surge\' in Afghanistan Puts New Pressure on Pakistan to Root Out Taliban
Washington's Mounting Pressure on Islamabad Government to Defeat Taliban Insurgents While At the Same Time Sending In 30,000 More U.S. Troops to Afghanistan Reveals a Growing Anxiety Over Pakistan's Stability -- and Control Over Its Nuclear WeaponsPa...
Letter From the Editor: Palin Backs Hate Campaign of Anti-Obama \'Birther\' Bigots
In Interview With Right-Wing Talk Radio Host, Ex-Governor of Alaska and '08 GOP Veep Nominee Says She 'Doesn't Have a Problem' With President's Birthplace Becoming Issue in 2012; Owner of Car Dealership in Colorado Insists Obama Is a Muslim and Accus...
On Both Left and Right, Obama\'s Afghan Plan Has Something for Everyone to Hate
As Expected, President's Plan to Send Up to 30,000 Additional Troops Draws Flak From Both Anti-War Activists as 'Too High a Price to Pay' in American Blood and From Conservatives as 'Sending Wrong Message to the Enemy' on Withdrawal TimetablePresiden...
Obama Faces \'Moment of Truth\' With TV Address to Nation on War in Afghanistan
President Said Repeatedly During '08 Campaign That Bush's War in Iraq Was a Distraction From the 'Real War on Terror' in Afghanistan and Is Shifting U.S. Resources Accordingly -- But He Risks Alienating His Hard-Core Anti-War Supporters Who Voted for...

