Opinion Forum

Freedom Can Be Taken. When Inherited or Otherwise Given, Does It Last?

April 26th, 2013

By Dan Miller If taken at great cost, it often lasts for quite a while. If inherited, not that long. If given, it is even more readily perishable. The United States gained their freedom, by force and at great cost, from those who used military might to prevent them from having it. Even many in the […]

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Tags: Constitution, defense, freedom, Islam, liberty, Muslims, Obama, terrorism
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Supercommittee Deadlines

November 15th, 2011

By Tom Carter The Washington Post has published a series of charts showing the supercommittee’s deadlines and related actions and what happens if they’re all successfully met. It also shows what will happen, as specified in the Budget Control Act, if the deadlines aren’t met. This is the best brief summary I’ve seen. The Post […]

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Tags: budget, Congress, cuts, deadlines, defense, entitlements, supercommittee
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Rethinking National Security at the Pentagon

May 11th, 2011

By Jan Barry “Sustainability” is the latest buzz word in academic and environmental circles. Now it is also buzzing around the halls of the Pentagon. As the long wars in Iraq and Afghanistan run out of rationalizations and public patience, two staff officers working for the Joint Chiefs of Staff have developed a new twist […]

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Tags: Afghanistan, defense, foreign policy, Iraq, security, strategy, sustainability
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