Let’s Give Trump the Military Parade He Deserves
Reading Time: 3 minutes President Donald Trump has called off plans to hold a military parade… for now. We think it should happen and here is why.
Read Boston Jury’s Life or Death Form
Reading Time: 1 minute The Boston Marathon Bombing trial jury is currently deliberating the fate of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Click here to read the form the jury must complete in rendering its verdict on appropriate punishment.
POST-ELECTION PROJECT: To Finagle Chuck Hagel?
Reading Time: 9 minutes With Obama reaching across the aisle for his next Secretary of Defense, an unlikely alliance within the media has developed to torpedo the nomination in the minds of the elite of DC and New York. But what does the fight over Chuck Hagel tell us about the future of American foreign policy in the 21st century?
The CIA-Pentagon Shuffle: The Fake Story and The Real One
Reading Time: 7 minutes There’s the story they want you to believe about Obama’s palace shakeup. And then there’s the real, more disturbing one.
Death by the Numbers
Reading Time: 2 minutes Should the numbers of enemy fighters killed by American forces be published? That’s the topic of the moment at the Wall Street Journal, as summarized by Slate: The WSJ fronts a look at how the U.S. command in Afghanistan has been releasing numbers of every enemy fighter killed in combat. It marks the first time Read More
Jihad Leak
Reading Time: 2 minutes A leaked Pentagon study claims one in seven Guantánamo detainees returned to jihad upon their release. A New York Times reporter says that the assertion could be used to argue against closing down Guantánamo. But…. -If the numbers are correct, that’s a pretty low recidivism rate. It could either argue for the effectiveness of incarceration Read More