Michael Allyn Wells

I recall once before blogging about 9-11 and remarking that I had never been compelled to write a 9-11 poem. Given that we are approaching t...

Crazy week we've just had. Scott McClellan, the former press point man for the Bush Administration writes an unflattering view of the Bu...

Reportedly speaking in a condescendent tone, Sen. John McCain challenged Sen. Barack Obama on Wednesday to travel to Iraq with him to better...

When White House officials claim to be puzzled by Scott McClellan's assertions about the Bush administration in his new memoir, I find ...

STOP THE PRESSES! McCain: U.S. can win Iraq war within 4 years And he assumes we believe this? And he assumes we are willing to drain anot...

I'm not posting my day 8 NaPoWriMo draft poem yet.... because it has yet to be drafted, but we are at day 8 of the month and blogger st...

Anniversary The odometer of fallen, rolls onward Over too familiar terrain. A merry-go-round insanity Propelled by stubborn indignity, Denia...

When Senator John McCain said yesterday to win the general election he must convince a war-weary country that U.S. policy in Iraq is succee...

From Kelli @ First Draft

I read with amazement this article about the retirement of former House Speaker Dennis Hastert. After all this time he blames the GOP losses...

This past week I received an e-mail from Jeff Charis-Carlson, Opinion Editor for the Iowa City Press-Citizen. He noted an earlier post in wh...

Over the weekend Sen. Russ Feingold called for the censure of President Bush by Congress. He laid out his two part basis for censure on M...

According to news reports [ here ] and [ here] and [ here] Under Secretary of Defense Eric S. Edelman offered a stinging rebuke of Senato...

Republican Senators like John Warner, George Voinovich, Richard Luger, and Pete Domenici say they have reached a point opposition to Presi...

A few extracted bits from my journal: Though I'd like to remain an optimist... believing in that which is so minute / it leaves no shado...

A MUST READ for everyone.... What is Al- Qaeda ? There was a similar story on NPR today - If I can find the link I'll post it later.

US President George W Bush, facing new pressure to start bringing troops home from Iraq, says he will not consider it until he hears a fresh...

There is a growing sentiment among Republican members of the Senate that the American military action in Iraq has not, is not and will not w...

Poetry fans gather for Ted Hughes's festival. On a sad note: The poet Rahim al-Maliki wrote about his dreams of Iraqi unity in a pla...

An Op-Ed piece in the L.A. Times by CHRISTOPHER J. FETTWEIS (assistant professor of national security affairs at the U.S. Naval War College...