Month: December 2017

Democratic jockeying for power is already underway, although the new Congress doesn’t take office for another two months. From a national security standpoint, the most distressing development is Speaker-Elect Nancy…

In Beijing, the PRC Defense Ministry is refusing comment on the incident, which occurred on 26 October. According to Bill Gertz of the Washington Times, the Chinese sub slipped undetected…

Two hundred and twenty-five years ago last month, the British Army at Yorktown marched out of their positions and laid down their weapons, surrendering to American and French forces under…

We’ve written extensively about the threat posed to U.S. airliners from man-portable surface-to-air missiles (MANPADS). Such weapons are lethal, widely available (tens of thousands are missing from military arsenals around…

Iran has announced plans to activate its heavy-water nuclear research complex at Arak in 2009, and phase out a similar, smaller facility in Tehran. According to the Tehran Times, the…

Almost 50 years ago, then-FCC Commissioner Newton Minow warned, famously, that television was becoming a “vast wasteland.” Cynics would argue that television programming since that time has largely fulfilled Minow’s…

As the debate over Iraq enters a critical phase, I’m struck by how little information we receive from that country, other than a litany of the day’s car bombings, kidnappings…

I’m getting word of a big battle last week between terrorists and elements of the 82nd Airborne, east of Baghdad, near the Iranian border. According to one U.S. officer, the…

Following the recent electoral debacle, I’ve heard a few Republicans talk about the need to reposition themselves as the “party of reform.” Not a bad idea, since the exploits of…

If you want proof that Syrian dictator Bashir Assad is feeling his oats, look no further than yesterday’s assassination of Lebanese Cabinet member Pierre Gemayel. Mr. Gemayel, a cabinet minister…