A Military that Looks Like America
At this point in his tenure, you’d think that Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel would be preoccupied with budget cuts, force reductions, and the litany of threats our military must guard…
Gutted
To no one’s surprise, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced Monday that the U.S. military will undergo even more dramatic cuts in the years to come. The proposed reductions include: –…
Empty Words
Late Friday, with words of more Russian troops arriving in Ukraine’s Crimea Region, President Obama got tough: “Delivering a blunt warning to Moscow, President Barack Obama expressed deep concern Friday…
The Mysterious Mr. Ali
Three days after it disappeared over the Gulf of Thailand, the fate of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 officially remains a mystery. Search teams are combing thousands of square miles of…
The Missing Links
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has been missing for 10 days now, and investigators appear to be no closer to figuring out what happened to the Boeing 777 and the 239…
Into the Sea?
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said today that Flight MH370 was lost in the southern Indian Ocean more than two weeks ago. The announcement was based on “new” satellite data…
The Search for Booker
Fox News reports that federal authorities have launched a nationwide manhunt for a military recruit who planned a “Fort Hood-style jihad” against his fellow soldiers. Here’s the good news (so…
Another Case of Passing the Buck?
At this point, there is much we don’t know about the motives of Army Specialist Ivan Lopez, who gunned down 16 of his fellow soldiers at Fort Hood yesterday, killing…
Out With a Bang
North and South Korea engaged in a little sabre rattling today, firing hundreds of artillery shells into each other’s territorial waters along the so-called Northern Limit Line (NLL), the naval…
Buh-bye Dave
When Elvis died in 1977, one show business wag called it a “good career move,” noting that a performer who had become irrelevant (or worse) in his latter years would…