Time and again-from the collapse of the Soviet Union to the events of 9/11 to the onset of the Arab Spring-events have caught the experts, whether in….

The United States military is undoubtedly the world's finest. It's also far and away the most generously funded, with policymakers offering U.S. troo….

Are there any military actions that the president of the United States may not order on his own authority? If so, what are they? Bit by bit, decade b….

You know, we live in a country where if you want to go bomb somebody, there's remarkably little discussion about how much it might cost, even though ….

The U.S. military today garrisons the planet in a fashion without historical precedent. Successive administrations, regardless of party, justify and ….

The U.S. has become a defacto one-party state, with the legislative branch permanently controlled by an incumbent's party and every president exploit….

To divine the course of world events, you'd do as well to probe the entrails of dead animals. Better still, ask your hairstylist. She will be at leas….

I began to appreciate that authentic truth is never simple and that any version of truth handed down from on high - whether by presidents, prime mini….

Why do terrorist attacks that kill a handful of Europeans command infinitely more American attention than do terrorist attacks that kill far larger n….

Sometimes, when you can't fix the problem on your own, you need to make some compromises and find the partners who can get the job done for you..

Americans once believed that their prosperity and way of life depended on having assured access to Persian Gulf oil. Today, that is no longer the cas….

Each year terrorist attacks kill far fewer Americans than do auto accidents, drug overdoses, or even lightning strikes. Yet in the allocation of gove….

Apart from a commendable determination to discomfit Trump and members of his inner circle (select military figures excepted, at least for now), journ….

Memorial Day orators will say that a G.I.'s life is priceless. Don't believe it. I know what value the U.S. government assigns to a soldier's life: I….

If any overarching conclusion emerges from the Afghan and Iraq Wars (and from their Israeli equivalents), it's this: victory is a chimera..

As a kid I was enamored with fiction, most of it utterly forgettable and long forgotten..

For the majority of contemporary Americans, the essence of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness centers on a relentless personal quest to acqu….

In present-day America, expressing reverence for those who serve in uniform is something akin to a religious obligation. Everyone professes to cheris….

Rejection would be a disaster for the U.S., but ratification alone will not end our problems in Iraq. Even if the constitution is ratified, the insur….

It's not so much the amount of tax we pay - it's the sense that our pocket's being picked without our knowing what's going on..

The folly and hubris of the policy makers who heedlessly thrust the nation into an ill-defined and open-ended 'global war on terror' without the fogg….