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Bad Ideas for Combating the Islamic State Nov. 19, 2015
Adversity, it's been said, doesn't build character; it reveals it. The terrorist attacks in Paris ma... Read More
Money for College? Nov. 18, 2015
Dear Mr. Berko: Our 20-year-old son will finish high school this December when he completes his onli... Read More
No Excuse for U.S. Bombing of Afghan Hospital Oct. 20, 2015
The latest entry on a regrettably long list of victims of the fog of war is a hospital in Afghanista... Read More
The Pentagon Beefs Up the 8th Air Force Oct. 07, 2015
The Pentagon insists it isn't reviving the Strategic Air Command. The Cold War is over — suppo... Read More
Unnecessary Loss of Life Sep. 30, 2015
War is nasty, brutal and costly. In our latest wars, many of the casualties suffered by American tro... Read More
Putin: Friend or Foe in Syria? Sep. 18, 2015
What Vladimir Putin is up to in Syria makes far more sense than what Barack Obama and John Kerry app... Read More
Fools, Fascists and Cold Warriors: Take Your Pick Sep. 18, 2015
Are they fools or fascists? Probably the former, but there was a disturbing cast to the second Repub... Read More
Funding the US Department of Offense Sep. 10, 2015
If you want to know how serious Republican presidential candidates are about fiscal responsibility, ... Read More
The Cost of a Free Republic May. 21, 2015
It's Memorial Day week. You can tell as you flip through the local paper; Memorial Day notices appea... Read More
Some Odds and Ends May. 13, 2015
Occasionally, I wonder whether I'm alone in some of my wonderings. Look at the claim that conservati... Read More
Overreaching on Iran Apr. 19, 2015
The case against the U.S. nuclear deal with Iran is easy to make. It doesn't ensure that Iran will n... Read More
Correcting the Record Feb. 28, 2015
An incorrect statement left uncorrected leads often to deception, disillusion and dishonesty. Take t... Read More
Possible Treatment for War-Injured Vets Left Up in the Air (Part 1) Jan. 23, 2015
Because of the skills, training, advanced equipment and, often most importantly, heroic actions of s... Read More
You Can Delegate Authority, but Not Responsibility Jan. 10, 2015
Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., is that refreshing, if too rare, Washington type: a workhorse rather than a s... Read More
The End of an Admirable Era Nov. 22, 2014
After 42 years of steadfast service to his country, Chief Warrant Officer 5 Ralph E. Rigby recently ... Read More
The Armed Forces Oct. 18, 2014
This week, The Answer Man looks at military facts. 1. What 20th-century conflict was dubbed "The For... Read More
Let Obama and Frieden Do Their Jobs Oct. 17, 2014
If the prospect of hanging concentrates the mind, then even the possibility of infection with Ebola ... Read More
Will the West Defend Itself? Oct. 01, 2014
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), sometimes called ISIS or IS, is a Sunni extremist g... Read More
Agnes
Jul. 02, 2014
President Obama vs. George Washington on Prisoner Exchange (Part 2) Jun. 17, 2014
Last week, I spoke about how President Barack Obama justified his prisoner swap of five senior Talib... Read More
