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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
REITs and Defense Dec. 21, 2016
Dear Mr. Berko: We seek increasing dividend income, along with conservative long-term capital growth... Read More
Must America Pick Up Everybody's Defense Bills? Mar. 31, 2016
It seems strange that so few of my fellow TV binge-watchers have submitted to the fascinating Norweg... Read More
Kevin Cooper Is Guilty; That's a 'Death Row' Story Jul. 26, 2015
Last year, CNN's "Death Row Stories" ran an episode about a California woman convicted of first-degr... Read More
How Your Son Could End Up a Sex Offender Like Zach Jun. 18, 2015
Computer science student Zach Anderson, 19, met a girl, 17, on the Hot or Not app. He was from Elkha... 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
Our Unwillingness to Defend Ourselves Jul. 16, 2014
The U.S. Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics reports that 2012 losses because of perso... Read More
Was Cochran's Win Good for Blue America? Jul. 01, 2014
From the happy reports, you'd think that liberals had only to celebrate the tea party's recent Missi... Read More
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US and Canada: Together at Last? Apr. 08, 2014
What country do Americans overwhelmingly like the most? Canada. What country do Canadians pretty muc... Read More
Getting a Grip on Realities of the Federal Budget Feb. 14, 2014
The big story about the federal budget this week was the Republican Party's struggle to deal with ra... Read More
Why Do We Have 'Bridgegate' -- But Not 'Gatesgate'? Jan. 16, 2014
The media quickly came up with a term for the apparently politically orchestrated George Washington ... Read More
Robert Gates Speaks Out Jan. 14, 2014
Retired Defense Secretary Robert Gates breezed back onto the national scene last week by speaking hi... Read More
Robert Gates Book Portrays Obama as a Different Kind of President Jan. 14, 2014
Like just about everybody else in Washington and many across the country, I've been reading the exce... Read More
The UN Turns to Peacekeeping With Fangs Dec. 11, 2013
The U.N. Security Council's mandate authorizing French military intervention in the Central African ... Read More
Something Wicked This way Comes Dec. 06, 2013
World War II seemed to be a great, earth-shaking event in the West. Old powers, already crumbling fr... Read More
Voters Have Two Candidates, No Choice Mar. 21, 2012
With Mitt Romney's super PAC limo now on cruise control to victory at the GOP convention, voters are... Read More
The Asian Pivot Towards China Mar. 19, 2012
China's tough neighborhood has gotten just a little bit tougher for China, diplomatically and milita... Read More
Mitt's baggage, Tebow and Obama's Cuts Jan. 12, 2012
Dear Mark: Mitt Romney has won both Iowa and New Hampshire, and is well on his way to becoming the R... Read More
Defense Manifesto 2012: Obama Channels Rumsfeld Jan. 09, 2012
President Barack Obama's new American defense strategy doesn't look so new. His election-slanted Def... Read More
