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Jac VerSteegNovember 17, 2015

Prepare for disaster. I’m not saying America can’t win the war against Islamic extremism – embodied at this point in history by the Islamic State. But war is not a series of inspiring victories. War is a series of dispiriting calamities. Think Black Hawk down in Somalia. Think the USS Stark off the coast of […]

Jac VerSteegNovember 16, 2015

Prepare for disaster. I’m not saying America can’t win the war against Islamic extremism – embodied at this point in history by the Islamic State. But war is not a series of inspiring victories. War is a series of dispiriting calamities. Think Black Hawk down in Somalia. Think the USS Stark off the coast of […]

Adam WeinsteinFebruary 8, 2015

We were jetting around Iraq in our Blackhawk, looking for the yellowcake uranium that Saddam Hussein had definitely bought from Africa. It was early in the war, but we were on our guard, because Saddam was the guy who had done 9/11, and he had weapons of mass destruction all over the place. Even reconstituted […]

Martin DyckmanJanuary 15, 2015

It has been more than 13 years since the infamous September 11 that cost 2,977 American lives and led to wars that have killed nearly 7,000 more. Yet the full story of the terrorist assault and who might have been behind it remains one of our own government’s state secrets. Our own government’s! It’s well […]

Guest AuthorDecember 17, 2014

We have known for the past 10 years that our government tortured prisoners in our war against terrorism. Our leaders told us that these were bad men, unworthy of the rights granted under the Geneva Convention. They claimed to have obtained valuable information that prevented further attacks, saved American lives and led to the killing […]

Guest AuthorAugust 11, 2014

Last week in South Florida I participated in a forum on terrorism, held in a beautifully landscaped gated country club community. Both Christians and Jews participated. The consensus was that the United States and Western democracies will have to cope with terrorism for a long time. Many expressed the fear that Muslim extremists would try to impose sharia – […]

Marc YachtJuly 2, 2014

Happy Birthday America — 238 years old and going strong! One cannot deny the nation’s power and strength. America has survived its worst politicians. Thankfully, there have also been some good ones, including 56 nervous patriots who signed the Declaration of Independence on July 2, 1776. George Washington, the Father of our country, had a […]

Guest AuthorJune 10, 2014

The jury is still out on the Bowe Bergdahl case but the verdict is in. Bergdahl is a traitor. The five Talibani prisoners we swapped for him are the most dangerous people on the planet and we’ll pay the price on the battle field. The Obama administration pulled a fast one by keeping Congress in […]

Darryl PaulsonNovember 21, 2013

Last of a four-part series on political humor In the first article in this series, I mentioned that most political humor focuses on a dominant trait of a candidate. Dan Qualye and George W. Bush were accused of not being the sharpest knives in the drawer; Clinton jokes focused on womanizing; McCain jokes were about […]

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Jac VerSteeg: To win war against ISIS, prepare for disaster

Jac VerSteeg: To win war against ISIS, prepare for disaster

Adam Weinstein: The true war story Brian Williams should have told

Martin Dyckman: Why keep secret 28 pages of the intelligence report about 9/11?

Rick Outzen: The lunacy of torture

Rachel Patron: An Arabic primer for our turbulent times

Marc Yacht: Happy Birthday America! More prosperity lies ahead

Doug Clifton: Bergdahl case: Another GOP-inflated controversy to discredit Obama

Darryl Paulson: Presidential humor