CONGRESS’ CRUCIAL VOTE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CUT OFF THE EXECUTIVE’S UNCONSTITUTIONAL WAR MONGERING, WHICH HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE THE COLD WAR … PLUS … OBAMA’S FOREIGN POLICY FAILURES SHOULD MAKE IT EASY TO SAY ‘NO’ ON THE SYRIAN QUESTION

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CONGRESS’ CRUCIAL VOTE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CUT OFF THE EXECUTIVE’S UNCONSTITUTIONAL WAR MONGERING, WHICH HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE THE COLD WAR … PLUS … OBAMA’S FOREIGN POLICY FAILURES SHOULD MAKE IT EASY TO SAY ‘NO’ ON THE SYRIAN QUESTION

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, FRIDAY, SEPT. 6, 2013) — With President Barack Obama at the G-20 economic summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, you can bet he and his staff will try to lobby world leaders into support for an attack on Syria. You can also be sure the […]

SYRIAN CAULDRON ROILING, BUT SHOULD THE U.S. TRY TO PERFORM ‘SURGERY’ TO STOP THE BOILING? THE PLANET THINKS NOT … WE’D LIKE TO HEAR WHAT YOU THINK; OUR REPRESENTATIVES ARE LISTENING

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THURSDAY, SEPT. 5, 2013) — Some national issues hold such great import that even a site such as this, which primarily feeds off local fodder, must address it. This happens, of course, from time to time, and it’s happened now. THE PLANET speaks of Syria, […]

AFTER A SHORT STINT OF ROUTINE MAINTENANCE by the TECHIES, THE PLANET FINDS OURSELVES ‘BACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN.”

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, TUESDAY, SEPT. 4, 2013) — As we begin another semester, we marvel at the predictability of certain aspects of Pittsfield’s poisonous politics (and, brothers and sisters, THE PLANET happens to be work on what may be a doozy of a humdinger, one that has […]

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