Uncas Thinking: A ground war in Iraq would lead to 100 US deaths and 500 wounded every month, President Obama told a private meeting of news columnists earlier this week. He said the cost in lives and money was the …

The Trump Report: Nearly two thirds of Americans are worried about the prospect of Donald Trump becoming president, according to a NY Times/CBS News poll. The poll says 24 percent of voters expressed concern and 40 percent outright fear about …

Bar the Door: In one of his most extreme pronouncements on any issue so far, leading Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump has called for all Muslims to be barred from entering the Unites States until US leaders can “figure out …

Gray Lady Speaks: The New York Times has run a front page editorial, its first since 1920, condemning the failure of American political leaders to do anything to stop the proliferation of guns and the growing phenomenon of mass murders. …

Armed and Dangerous: The FBI is treating the mass shooting in San Bernardino, Calif. as a potential case of terrorism but has come to no conclusions. Investigators are looking into the possibility that the suspects Syed Farook, 28, and Tashfeen …

A husband and wife were killed in a shootout with the police in San Bernardino, Calif., after the couple had attacked a state office building killing 14 people and wounding 17. The two shooters were identified as Syed Farook, 28, …