It seems North Korea's Bond-villain dictator, Kim Jong-Il, is starting the holiday season early - by attempting to deliver guns and explosives via cargo plane to the Pakistani tribal region. Yes, the one-and-only Pakistani tribal region that is ground-zero for the Taliban and Al-Qaeda militants.
The debate on how to deal with Iran is centered around two options: economic sanctions and military action. However, we might be fooling ourselves that these options would be effective, or that we have any options.
Meanwhile, with concerns escalating that offshore drilling could be coming to Florida, there will be a debate in Tallahassee later this month on the matter.
This comes after nearly 20 local governments and chambers of commerce have gone on the record in recent weeks proposing resolutions to oppose any move by Congress or the state Legislature to promote offshore drilling in Florida (Sierra Club member Phil Compton proposed that the Tampa City Council follow suit last week, and the Council is working on such a resolution).