Under the Rhodesian Sun
Angels and saints, is it true? Is Zimbabwe really on the cusp of freedom? Electionlink. The late, unlamented Ian Smith was a cur and a brigand, but one of the keys to understanding the way of this woeful world is to grasp the seemingly contradictory notions that Ian Smith's ideas on minority rule were wrong and Robert Mugabe was utterly opposed to Ian Smith, but that does not mean Robert Mugabe's ideas of majority rule are right.

Meanwhile, the North Atlantic Treaty Organizations keeps marching eastward: N.A.T.O.link. Welcome, Croatia and Albania! Also, we owe a debt of gratitude to the Georgians: Georgialink. The Russians need to be made to understand that their neighboring nations are sovereign states, not satellites in their "near-abroad." N.A.T.O. membership is a powerful tool toward this end.