“If we don't believe our military leaders, then who in the world do we believe?”
Will the Supreme Court Open the Door to Voter Discrimination?
In Shelby v. Holder, conservatives justices may seize an opportunity to scale back the Voting Rights Act, a 1965 law safeguarding Americans from discrimination at the ballot box
Light Footprint Becomes No Footprint
The Afghan government Sunday ordered U.S. Special Forces out of critical Wardak province, southwest of the capital, in two weeks.
Wardak has long been a vital Taliban staging ground for attacks on Kabul.
President Hamid …
Las Vegas Strip Shooting Is Just Latest in String of Recent Violence
In recent months, the Las Vegas Strip has been the scene of tourists’ greatest fear: violent crime
Putting China’s “Hacking Army” into Perspective
Great New York Times front-pager on Tuesday finally provides a substantive overview of the comprehensive hacking activities of the Chinese military against all manner of U.S. industries (with an obvious focus on …
The War Within: Training Survivalists in North Florida
Once a month, a group in North Florida takes men, women and children into the wild and trains them in survival skills — including the handling of high-powered weapons
A New Way of War
For more than a decade, we’ve been getting somber Pentagon emails telling us the name, hometown and age of every U.S. troop killed in the war zones of Afghanistan and Iraq.
Noticed something new, at least to us, in …
Chemical Warfare: Air Force Core Competency
“Ages in which the dominant weapon is expensive or difficult to make will tend to be ages of despotism, whereas when the dominant weapon is cheap and simple, the common people have a chance. Thus, for example, tanks, battleships and bombing planes are inherently tyrannical weapons, while rifles, muskets, long-bows and hand-grenades are inherently democratic weapons. A complex weapon makes the strong stronger, while a simple weapon--so long as there is no answer to it--gives claws to the weak.”
Cyber-Security: Stand Down, for Now, Congress
Washington, it seems, can’t get no satisfaction.
After years of often-alarmist rhetoric about the threat of deadly cyber-attacks – and repeated calls for government to ‘do something’ to address the threat – President Obama …
History Is Written by the Victor. Finally.
The U.S. military is pretty good at honoring its history, with statues, memorials and that kind of thing. Heck, there’s even an American Battle Monuments Commission, which says it “commemorates the service, achievements, and …
Sequester Showdown
Will the Democrats or G.O.P. win the sequester showdown? Here’s a scorecard for watching the machinations over the coming month.
Abraham Lincoln: President, Emancipator, Corporate Pitchman
Almost 150 years after his death, Lincoln has never been more popular — especially for companies.