The steady deterioration of the very climate of our very planet is becoming a war of the first order, and by any measure, the U.S. is losing.

He says allied forces are not losing in eastern Afghanistan, but they are not winning as quickly as he would like.

A ceasefire would also suit the rebels if only because they are losing.

But such opposition to democratic government has basically been in retreat since the successes of the American and French Revolutions, temporary reversals notwithstanding.

Both Yahoo and Microsoft had been distant second and third players losing ground over time.