Regime change is not the stated objective, but if Libyan despot Colonel Gaddafi is deposed by rebels and replaced by a democratically elected government, President Barack Obama will look like a genius.  Why? Compare this outcome with the drawn-out process in Iraq that led to the replacement of Saddam Hussein.  George W. Bush invaded with a narrow coalition of the willing and a disputed mandate from the United Nations.  Several…

Amongst the devastation of the worst earthquake to hit Japan in over one hundred years, a series of man-made structures stood firm.  Japan’s nuclear reactors have come under a critical media spotlight in recent days but the real news is how well these second generation reactors successfully shut down to sub-criticality and maintained their integrity while all around was a picture of destruction. It was the subsequent impact of thirty…