The Senate’s Nuclear Meltdown
Today, Majority Leader Harry Reid is threatening to turn the United States Senate into the rough equivalent of the Egyptian...
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Obama and the IRS
The IRS scandal is lurching towards a political death-spiral for Team Obama. It’s been established that the agency’s abuse of...
McCain’s Folly
If the United States winds up embroiled in a war in Syria, Senator John McCain will deserve much of the...
A Tale of Three Women
Two women featured prominently in the dramatic testimony provided yesterday to the House Oversight Committee as it sought the truth...
The SOF 700
It’s been seven months since jihadists attacked U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans were...
Marco’s Test
Senator Marco Rubio is a rising star in Republican circles. That’s due, in part, to this first-generation American’s unabashed love...
See No Budget
Perhaps it’s what you should expect when you entrust the presidency to someone who has never managed anything. Still, after...
Center releases 2011-2012 Congressional National Security Scorecard
The Center for Security Policy released today its 2011-2012 Congressional National Security Scorecard for the 112th Congress. The scorecard-- which scores...
Lessons learned? Center study reveals negotiating and ratification failures of New START Treaty
The Washington Post recently reported that, subsequent to the ratification of the so-called "New START" Treaty, the United States maintains...
Doing in defense
At this writing, many details of the debt ceiling deal wrangled out over the weekend remain fuzzy. One thing is...
Center Urges Rejection Of Proposed $700 Billion In Defense Cuts
Washington, DC; July 7, 2011: Media reports today indicate that national security spending could be cut by as much as...
How Congress Was Duped into Repealing Military Gay Ban
One of the more sordid moments in recent congressional history came during last December's lame-duck session. Democratic majorities on both...
Determined disinterest in our own destruction
During the Cold War, America faced an implacable enemy, driven by a supremacist ideology that called for, among other things,...
Something rotten in Denmark (and here)
Surprisingly, on net, last week was not a good one for the Free World. Despite the signal accomplishment of liquidating...
McKeon: Saving defense from defense savings
Yesterday, Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon (R-CA), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, delivered remarks at the Heritage Foundation reminding...
Radicalization lessons
Earlier this week, Sen. Richard Durbin convened a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing on “Protecting the Civil Rights of American Muslims.”...