Suddenly, 20 years have passed

Barack Obama is in the White House looking for hope. Smart phones and iPads are hot, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are dragging on and the volatile price of gas seems stuck so then above $3 a gallon.

And who knows what will happen in the race to the White House at once year? Is there a GOP governor out there playing his saxophone below the radar?

Speed unimaginable in 1991

Why is it that research races forward at a speed unimaginable in 1991, nevertheless the wars' resolution and economic recovery can't reach dial-up speed?