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The Missiles of Holy Week and the Rule of Law Apr. 13, 2017
The history of the world is the history of violence. I had planned to write this column about the mo... Read More
In Syria, the Wrong Kind of Humanitarian Intervention Apr. 13, 2017
Americans are a generous and selfless people, ever eager to improve the lives of foreigners cursed t... Read More
Trump's Cabinet Stacked With Advisers Who Have Military Ties Apr. 10, 2017
WASHINGTON — Before he was elected president, Donald Trump told biographer Michael D'Antonio t... Read More
Trump's Risky Syria Gambit Apr. 09, 2017
In the worldview Donald Trump brought to the White House, all problems are easy. Fix the economy by ... Read More
The Best Revenge Is Not Wanting It Mar. 12, 2017
Sasha dated Ryan all through high school. She described: "He treated me terribly. He'd break up wit... Read More
The Bloated Military Mar. 01, 2017
Donald Trump once wanted to cut military spending. Before running for president, he said Congress' ... Read More
Retaining America's 'Hard Power' Mar. 01, 2017
Secretary of Defense James Mattis made reviving the U.S. Army his priority project. That meant he wa... Read More
Challenge Us; Don't Coddle Us Jan. 14, 2017
The late William Safire, a certified wordsmith who had been a speechwriter for President Richard Nix... Read More
Huge Expansion of U.S. Military Spending in Offing Jan. 03, 2017
On Dec. 22, President-elect Donald Trump startled the worldwide community of arms-control experts wi... Read More
Is Trump's Pick for Budget Director a David Stockman Redux? Dec. 22, 2016
In his 1986 memoirs, "The Triumph of Politics," David Stockman wrote: "The politicians were wrecking... Read More
Trump's 'Tough Cookie' Is a Dangerous Warmonger Dec. 21, 2016
Donald Trump began to express doubts about the wisdom of overthrowing Saddam Hussein soon after the ... Read More
Where Are We? Dec. 13, 2016
We are now in a kind of political no-man's-land between an administration on its way out and a new a... Read More
Obama's National Security Report Card -- Unsatisfactory Dec. 09, 2016
In his speech at MacDill Air Force Base, President Obama bragged that he has made America safer whil... Read More
The Expanding Waistline and Thinning Ranks of Today's Military Nov. 18, 2016
On the eve of Veterans Day, a massive veterans spending bill died in congress and it hardly made a s... Read More
Conviction After A+ Military Record Ruins Job Chances Oct. 13, 2016
Q: I served fours years honorably in the military, but I decided to return to civilian life. I lived... Read More
Colombia's Long War and Its Brush With Peace Oct. 12, 2016
The hard part was supposed to be over. After a half-century of war and four years of grinding negoti... Read More
In Afghanistan, a 15-Year Failure Oct. 06, 2016
There is a perverse symmetry on display in Afghanistan right now. Fifteen years ago, American warpla... Read More
Coping and Spending Needn't Come Hand in Hand Oct. 04, 2016
Dear Annie: Since my grandpa died last year, Grandma enjoys having others take care of her. She is q... Read More
Transgenderism Can Be Helpful Sep. 28, 2016
North Carolina's legislative body passed the Public Facilities Privacy and Security Act, which manda... Read More
A Quarterback's Kneeling Protest Sep. 14, 2016
Quarterback Colin Kaepernick isn't the first athlete to make a political protest when the spotlight ... Read More
