Missing in action: Asian nations can’t be found in US trade policy

Politics Down Under can be pretty upside-down. Kevin Rudd led his Labor Party to victory in...

 

Weathering Congress and global warming

Weather changed. People died. They called it the “Little Ice-Age,” a period that...

 

History lesson on why ’78 should not be repeated

He followed an unpopular president. He received a strong election mandate. He changed the tone in...

 

Somali terror outfit goes global under banner of religious war

In the summer of 2008, a battle raged about 300 miles south of Mogadishu, Somalia. There, along...

 

In guns vs. butter, butter is winning the challenge

H. Rowan Gaither Jr. advised the great men of his era. He helped found RAND, the original U.S....

 

Small businesses unprepared for major disasters

More than just the Twin Towers crumbled on 9/11. The terror attacks that day acted as a weapon of...

 

Obama, Gates are gutting America’s defense industry

When Gen. William Snow arrived in Washington, D.C., to direct the buildup of the artillery for...

 

Obama’s dirty missile defense secrets

While campaigning for president, Barack Obama promised to support missile defense that was...

 

“Buy America” is bad for national security

Willis Hawley and Reed Smoot thought they had a great idea. Hawley chaired the House Ways and...

 

What makes for news is whatever the reader wants

On the Vietnamese holiday of Tet in 1968, U.S. troops in Saigon woke not to the pop of...