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Waging Peace on Earth: Two Comparative Vignettes Dec. 26, 2018
In 2005, I showed up at Camp Lemonnier, the American military base in the East African nation of Dji... Read More
Leaving Syria Beats the Alternative Dec. 23, 2018
There are two established rules for withdrawing American troops from foreign conflicts. The first is... Read More
Will Trump Hold Firm on Syrian Pullout? Dec. 21, 2018
"We have defeated ISIS in Syria, my only reason for being there," wrote President Donald Trump, as h... Read More
Kicking Allies Dec. 21, 2018
President Donald Trump's behavior is unprecedented, but his decision to withdraw our troops from Syr... Read More
Trump's Border War Dec. 19, 2018
"What did you do in the war, Daddy?" "I was in an Army platoon on the front lines, stringing bands ... Read More
William Barr's Never-Ending War: Trump's Nominee for Attorney General Is Apt to Encourage His Worst Instincts on Drug Policy Dec. 12, 2018
William Barr, Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general, believes the president has vast, unilater... Read More
Criminal Chinese Company Had Strong Links to Clintons Dec. 11, 2018
When Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies, was arrested in Canada on Dec... Read More
Give Thanks for the WWII Generation Dec. 10, 2018
77 years ago, Americans in Hawaii awoke to the sounds of mass destruction, and the sights of flames ... Read More
Who Lost the World Bush 41 Left Behind? Dec. 07, 2018
George H.W. Bush was America's closer. Called in to pitch the final innings of the Cold War, Bush 41... Read More
The George HW Bush Hagiography Is the Elites' Finest Accomplishment Dec. 07, 2018
Even by the recent can't-believe-your-eyes-and-ears standards of American elitist hagiography, this ... Read More
Fake Praise for GHWB: Where Were Media When He Needed Them? Dec. 06, 2018
As with the passing of former President Ronald Reagan, the media are in full praise mode following t... Read More
George H.W. Bush Shows How to Live a Worthwhile Life Dec. 06, 2018
The life of former President George H.W. Bush leaves the culture focused on one noble personal trait... Read More
Goodbye, Poppy. You Were Never One of Us. Dec. 05, 2018
The late George H.W. Bush was the man's man of his blessed generation, a Connecticut Yankee who star... Read More
Why Are We Still in Afghanistan? Nov. 29, 2018
The old peacenik slogan was, "What if they gave a war and nobody came?" Today, the question is, "Wha... Read More
Russia's War with Ukraine Goes to Sea Nov. 28, 2018
Thanks to Russian thuggery, the Sea of Azov is no longer obscure geography and the world confronts a... Read More
Russia's Pinprick War in Ukraine Has Global Implications Nov. 21, 2018
Russia's relentless and corrosive war in eastern Ukraine's Donbass region continues. To the media sa... Read More
The 'Great War' and Those That Followed Nov. 14, 2018
This past Sunday morning in France — at precisely 11 a.m. — the world marked exactly 100... Read More
To Deter China, India Joins the 'Nuclear Triad' Club Nov. 14, 2018
On Nov. 5, India announced that its first domestically made nuclear powered submarine, the INS Ariha... Read More
NBC's Saturday Night Sickness Nov. 09, 2018
NBC's "Saturday Night Live" is taking on a very sour look. Alec Baldwin didn't appear with his tired... Read More
Horsemen of the Apocalypse: War and Ebola in Eastern Congo Nov. 07, 2018
In two of Congo's anarchic eastern provinces, War and Plague combine to inflict local horrors and se... Read More
