| Jul 2, 2010 | Peace / SecurityHere’s the latest evidence that the so-called War on Drugs simply can’t be won: Narco subs. “Several decades ago, Samsonite suitcases and underwear refashioned with hidden pockets enabled upstart smugglers to carry drugs across borders. Today,...
| Jun 29, 2010 | Peace / SecurityIt finally looks like the Pentagon isn’t immune to Washington’s deficit-reduction fever. The U.S. military intends to trim up to $100 billion over the next five years on weapons purchases and spending on contractors, the Washington Post reported....
| Jun 28, 2010 | Peace / SecurityWhy would the Israeli navy commandeer boats carrying collapsible wheelchairs and bags of cement to the Gaza Strip? Israel says that the aid convoys are trying to “break the blockade” of the densely populated Palestinian enclave. But why is there a blockade...
| Jun 21, 2010 | Peace / SecurityTea party activists from coast to coast are trashing big government generally, and big government spending in particular. They tick off ways that they think the government should save money. Stop the bailouts. No more earmarks. Repeal health-care reform, even though...
| | Peace / SecurityHonor those Who lives did give; But now who pays For those that live? The best part of America’s wars is that, except for limited attacks during WWII, all our conflicts have been fought on somebody else’s soil since the battle of Appomattox. This...
| Jun 14, 2010 | Peace / SecurityEveryone wants America to be safe and secure. And our government has a wide array of tools for accomplishing that. We can use creative diplomacy to diffuse tensions. We can use foreign aid to tackle the problems of poverty and despair that make many people more...
