Having just returned from Sudan (see last week’s column), I made the usual rounds of telling people the story of what I had seen. My traveling partners and friends, Diane Gooch and Tony Sayeg, arranged for us to meet with House of Representatives Chairman Chris Smith. Chairman Smith, R-N.J., heads…

By Roger Madon It was the astounding black baseball player Satchel Paige who said “Don’t look back—something might be gaining on you.”  Well President Obama, something is and her name is Hillary. If the biggest problem that Barack Obama will have as he approaches the 2012 presidential election is to…

Tom Friedman in yesterday’s New York Times attempts to bring some clarity to the current situation in the Middle East and specifically to our position in Libya. I respect Tom as an author, columnist, journalist, and golfer. He has covered the Middle East for many years, so I respect his writings and…

By Roger Madon In yesterday’s New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, describing the complex issues facing the fires currently burning in the Middle East, prays that President Obama is lucky.  The problem with luck is that it usually requires courage and vision. Barack Obama has never disappointed with respect to…

By Roger Madon Last night President Obama stated that the reason for starting the Libyan campaign was to halt the humanitarian crisis that was inevitable without our intervention.  Let’s call this Bush light. If there was one message last night that President Obama enjoyed giving was to explain to the…

By Roger Madon Will this President of the United States ever become a president of the United States?  If the American people are asking this question in November of 2012 President Obama will serve only one term. Let’s start from the top.  President Obama doesn’t go to Congress when deliberating…

I am bone tired as I have just arrived in Kenya from Southern Sudan. South Sudan is going to be the world’s 193 country on July 9. The people are proud of their accomplishments. Twenty-two years of war and genocide have produced a country that is free from Khartoum and…

By Roger Madon My mother, of blessed memory, used to say “If you are going to do something, already, do it graciously.”  Well allow me to paraphrase.  If the United States is going to interfere in the sovereignty of another nation, already, do it competently.  Recent signals from NATO are…

By Roger Madon On March 19th President Obama, without provocation, authorized the use of military force in Libya resulting in the United States of America and Libya being at war.  Yesterday Congressman from Ohio Dennis Kucinich charged that the President acted in violation of the U.S. Constitution and should be…

By Roger Madon President Obama has led us to a place where the tragedy unfolding in Libya presents for the first time the question whether America wishes to rely on international organizations and potential enemies for its national security. Article II of the U.S. Constitution states: “The President shall be…