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Corruption and abuse, which reared their ugly heads during the protracted process called health care reform, were something our Founding Fathers were very well aware of. More. |
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We felt secure before 9/11. Afterwards, we felt insecure. Much of what we have done since then has been to recapture that lost sense of security. More. |
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From its earliest days the Legion's ranks have included that strange blend of criminals, exiles, failures, and idealists who somehow manage to come together under a foreign flag and accomplish the near-impossible for their adopted country. More. |
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Here are articles on the two potential rivals to these aircraft, one in development by the Chinese and one in joint development by Russia and India.
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In the last twelve months there has been a string of successful arrests of potential domestic terrorists with collections of bomb-making equipment as well as illegal weapons arsenals, in at least one case including antitank rockets. More. |
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The stark, simple truth is that the sum of all self-interested acts does not necessarily and unavoidably produce positive results for the group as a whole. More. |
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Iran may be in the grip of a "creeping coup" by the Guard Corps, one which the central government is blinded to by its preoccupation with the protest movement. More. |
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The X-27B began life as a NASA manned spaceflight program and then in 2004 morphed into a DARPA unmanned orbital drone project. More. |
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This past week the U.S. death toll in Afghanistan passed the 1,000 mark. More. |
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If this sort of obstructionism means the current Congress cannot pass anything, then what are the odds that the current minority, whenever it becomes the majority again, will be able to do any better? Somewhere between slim and none. More. |
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Despite some highly-publicized prosecutions and convictions, the rate of government corruption has grown in the last ten years, not declined. By some estimates it has grown exponentially. More. |
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As China grows to one of the largest economies in the world, it will inevitably acquire a blue water navy with the ability to secure the sea lanes on which Chinese commerce depends. More. |
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One of the great unreported stories of the last decade has been the struggle between moderate and radical forces for the soul of the Islamic world – and the victory of those moderate forces. More. |
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This was a combined U.S.-Pakistani mission, which means despite some genuine differences in goals and policies, we're still working with the Pakistanis closely enough to pull something like this off – and keep it secret. More. |
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Europe is increasingly irrelevant to U.S. foreign policy and everyone seems able to figure that out except for European governments and the American Right. Now there's an image of two bedfellows worth spending a few moments savoring. More. |
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As Tehran grapples with its internal problems, look for it to be less cooperative with the west in the near term. But it's a dangerous game they are playing. Dangerous for all of us.
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Smith recognized that his "invisible hand" relied, to a considerable degree, on the basic morality and civility of the individual members of the society. More. |
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Events are taking some interesting and unexpected turns in the Afghan-Pakistan area. More. |
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A "big punch" by Iran's ruling class is planned for tomorrow. No one knows what that means... More. |
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The remains of a wealthy urban settlement about a thousand years earlier than Sumer has gradually emerged. It also also shows evidence of organized violence on a large scale. More. |
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There's an old saying about investigating crime: "Follow the money." Do you want to understand what happened in Iraq? Follow the oil. More. |
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Defense reformers have argued the problems encountered by the F-35 are the unavoidable results of a procurement system which has gone completely off the rails. More. |
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The Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) is a Congressionally-mandated public statement of defense policy. Parts of it made interesting reading, but the more I read, the less encouraged I became. More. |
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Google Earth now has photos from 1930's and 1940's showing the devastation of World War II in selected European cities. More. |
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