InternationalCommentary
Putin May Have Just Lost One of His Best Friends: Angela Merkel
“Saturday Night Live” often acts as a good barometer of what’s going on in the world. Last week, its opening sketch nailed just how grumpy… Read More
InternationalCommentary
“Saturday Night Live” often acts as a good barometer of what’s going on in the world. Last week, its opening sketch nailed just how grumpy… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Breaking news from the White House: Chuck Hagel lacks the skills to be defense secretary. Talk about understatement. That’s like the last soldier on the… Read More
SecurityCommentary
When it comes to how the Pentagon buys new stuff, everyone’s a critic. The zeal for reform rivals that of Carrie Nation when she first… Read More
SecurityCommentary
At the annual Defense Forum at the Reagan Presidential Library, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel delivered a much-publicized speech last Saturday about how to make sure… Read More
SecurityNews
Making defense operations more efficient is a natural common cause for Congress and the Pentagon. Increased efficiency would save money—freeing up dollars that the Pentagon… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Breaking news! The fate of the world doesn’t hang on the outcome of an American midterm election. The make-up of the new Congress might make… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Before the arms race with the Soviet Union came the hiring race among U.S. military bureaucracies. It started not long after the National Security Act… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Yesterday, a Canadian soldier fell in the service of his country. He didn’t die on some far-off battlefield. A cowardly murderer shot him down as… Read More
Health CareCommentary
The White House has declared Ebola to be a top national-security concern. That ought to worry Americans. The last time a president tried to make… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The first rule for managing a crisis? Act like a grown-up. Looking and really acting like an effective leader in tough times is job one…. Read More