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Do Trump's Hawks Speak for Trump? Jun. 04, 2019
For a president who won his office by denouncing the Middle East wars into which George W. Bush and ... Read More
'The Longest Day,' Revisited Jun. 04, 2019
In my capacity as a certified, government-inspected old coot, I have taken particular interest in th... Read More
GOP Leaders Must Draw the Line on Trump's Political Campaigning With Troops Jun. 04, 2019
For very good reasons, the Pentagon has long forbidden U.S. troops from engaging in political activi... Read More
Understanding Why Donald Trump Loathes John McCain Jun. 01, 2019
The guided missile destroyer USS John S. McCain, "Big Bad John," was christened in 1992 in honor of ... Read More
What Do Military Vets Need to Know About Their Finances? May. 29, 2019
Dear Carrie: My son joined the Army right out of high school with the idea of a military career. Aft... Read More
30 Years Later, the Tiananmen Tiger Still Stalks Communist China's Dragon May. 29, 2019
China's four-decade rise from hunger-plagued developing country to great power with global clout ran... Read More
Coming Home May. 28, 2019
No matter where you lived in America on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, the story often begins with a... Read More
It's Ironic May. 22, 2019
St. Patrick's Day is a time to honor the monk who brought Christianity to Ireland. Unfortunately, to... Read More
Iran's Proxy Armies Become a Regime Liability May. 22, 2019
Mark down May 2019 as the month Iran's war-by-proxy-forces racket became an undeniable problem for T... Read More
We Are Blessed by Military Personnel May. 09, 2019
The United States has the greatest military in the history of the world. Most Americans know that. T... Read More
Short Takes on Territorial Trivialities and Nursing No-Nos May. 06, 2019
Don't Sweat the Trivial Stuff Remember the war in Afghanistan? That is, the longest war in U.S. hist... Read More
The Secret Campaign for 2020: Where the Democratic Candidates Stand on Foreign Policy May. 03, 2019
Americans vote their pocketbooks. It's the economy, stupid. Absent a war or recent terrorist attack,... Read More
Joe McCarthy Wasn't Wrong, Just Early Apr. 29, 2019
In a recent column of mine, I commented, "Joe McCarthy wasn't wrong, just early." I was being flippa... Read More
Joe McCarthy Wasn't Wrong, Just Early Apr. 28, 2019
In a recent column of mine, I commented, "Joe McCarthy wasn't wrong, just early." I was being flippa... Read More
Mayor Pete Dares to Speak Love's Name Apr. 17, 2019
Mayor Pete Buttigieg is breaking American history. The young man, 37, from South Bend, Indiana, did... Read More
When Everything Is Nothing Apr. 13, 2019
Dear Cheryl: When we met, I was a little girl, 13 turning 14, and he was 16 and on his way to the Ma... Read More
Hearing the President Speak Mar. 23, 2019
In Marine Corps boot camp at Parris Island, as a humble private, I was taught that at the very top o... Read More
President 0. Dead Man 1 Mar. 22, 2019
This past Wednesday, President Donald Trump should have had a successful day touting the military, t... Read More
How the Corruption of America Begins Mar. 22, 2019
When the history of the Trump presidency is written, one incident will be remembered as the beginnin... Read More
Two Years, Two Months of Trump: No Going Back Mar. 20, 2019
WASHINGTON — There's no going back after Donald Trump threatened the American people with mili... Read More
