I'm still a bit slow on analyzing events of the past two weeks, but I'm getting caught up before the weekend and the need to start up another week.

Something I missed commenting about were the voter initiatives that approved same-sex marriage in three states: Main, Maryland, and Washington, and the failure to approve a definition of marriage as between one man and one woman in Minnesota. It seems that the homosexual lobby has been successful in their long-running campaign to persuade people a majority of people, at least in these states, that there is nothing wrong with same-sex marriage. As a long-range prospect, this is a much more substantial foot in the door toward forcing the issue on a national level, for the courts to decide. Once the government gets into the business of prosecuting those who oppose homosexuality as homophobes, freedom of religion will be take a back seat.

I've said enough about Benghazi for now, except that the affair between General Petraus and his biographer has added another layer of complexity and confusion to the issue.

The invisibility and inefficient behavior of FEMA in the wake of Hurricane Sandy points to the need for individual and family preparedness, rather than reliance on any government agency in preparing for any disasters that may come in the future.

I barely commented about the 18th Chinese Communis Party Congress, which is as important in selecting the leaders of China as the US elections are in selecting US leaders. I still haven't seen results beying the initial report, but it may surface later.