The ‘humiliating coda’ to America’s longest war
One of Joe Biden’s selling points during the 2020 presidential campaign was how his decades of foreign policy experience would renew America’s standing in the world. Events of recent days…
The chaotic exodus from Afghanistan
The scenes coming out of Kabul are stunning. The international airport clogged with people trying to get out — and people running after planes — and worse — as they taxi…
Afghanistan collapses
The remarkable collapse of the Afghan government and the scenes of U.S. embassy personnel being shuttled out of the facility in helicopters brings to mind Saigon’s fall in 1975. One…
Some in Congress seek to reclaim their war powers from the presidency
There seems to be a new appreciation among some members of Congress that their branch of government has ceded too much power to the executive over certain areas of foreign…
Rather than require everyone to register for the draft, abolish it
Some politicians firmly believe the state has a prior claim on an individual citizen’s time and labor. No matter what your plans may be, the government’s needs come first. Such…
DoD report says the potential for nuclear combat is rising
With Afghanistan teetering and inflation roaring back to life, what other 1970s throwbacks are awaiting to make their 21st century debuts? How about a rising possibility of nuclear combat? A…
Afghanistan approaches collapse
The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan is proceeding as planned, apparently bringing to a close the nation’s longest foreign war. What’s replacing U.S. forces are scenes eerily reminiscent to those that…
The long march to end forever wars
President Joe Biden is back to bombing parts of the Middle East — Syria, this time — continuing a decades-long, bipartisan tradition of American presidents lobbing explosives, and much more,…
Thomas: federal marijuana prohibition may be outdated
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas called into questioned federal marijuana prohibition, saying the fed’s inconsistent laws and enforcement have undermined the government’s case for keeping weed illegal. “A prohibition on…
Biden wants more cops…to enforce more gun control
President Joe Biden is asking states to use a portion of the $350 billion in federal relief money heading their way to hire more cops. A lot more. And pay…
