Measures of Sacrifice
In a column posted today at OpinionJournal.com, author Daniel Ford reiterates a point that we’ve often made in this blog: American casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan–while clearly distressing–pale in comparison…
The Airlift Debate Continues
The C-5 Galaxy (USAF Photo)In yesterday’s Washington Times, Delaware Senator Tom Carper responded to a recent op-ed by New Jersey Congressman Jim Saxton, who has called for cancellation of the…
The Airlift Debate Continues
The C-5 Galaxy (USAF Photo)In yesterday’s Washington Times, Delaware Senator Tom Carper responded to a recent op-ed by New Jersey Congressman Jim Saxton, who has called for cancellation of the…
The Day After – An Arrow 2 missile
An Arrow 2 missile, designed (and deployed) primarily to protect Israeli from attack by medium and intermediate range Iranian missiles (Israeli Aircraft Industries photo via The Jerusalem Post) A Reuters…
A Tale of Two Programs
A DSP deployment during a Space Shuttle mission in 1991. Other satellites in the constellation have been launched from Air Force Titan IV and Delta IV rockets (Wikipedia photo). For…
The Day After – An Arrow 2 missile
An Arrow 2 missile, designed (and deployed) primarily to protect Israeli from attack by medium and intermediate range Iranian missiles (Israeli Aircraft Industries photo via The Jerusalem Post) A Reuters…
A Tale of Two Programs
A DSP deployment during a Space Shuttle mission in 1991. Other satellites in the constellation have been launched from Air Force Titan IV and Delta IV rockets (Wikipedia photo). For…
How Bureaucracy (Doesn't) Work
The Army is doing a quick shuffle on the case of a Pittsburgh-area soldier who was asked to repay part of his re-enlistment bonus–after being badly wounded in Iraq and…
How Bureaucracy (Doesn't) Work
The Army is doing a quick shuffle on the case of a Pittsburgh-area soldier who was asked to repay part of his re-enlistment bonus–after being badly wounded in Iraq and…
The Lost Lesson of the First Thanksgiving
A painting of the Pilgrims’ first Thanksgiving celebration in 1621. They had much to be thankful for–including a decision to abandon a collectivist economic system in favor of private property…