by Dave Patterson | Jan 2, 2023 | Articles, Good Reads, Military Affairs, Opinion
As numerous global regions and the home front present defense and foreign policy challenges, four primary trends to look for impacting US national security stand out. First, in 2023 the crisis on the southern border will grow in magnitude to be America’s most pressing...
by Dave Patterson | Dec 30, 2022 | Articles, Good Reads, International, Opinion
Tensions between China and its neighbors show no signs of easing. On the contrary, for both Taiwan and Japan the Beijing threat looms large on the horizon. Consequently, it should be no surprise to People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) President Xi Jinping...
by Andrew Moran | Dec 18, 2022 | Articles, Economic Affairs News, Opinion
President Joe Biden plans to add three million barrels to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) after wiping out more than 40% of the nation’s emergency oil supplies. As a result, the country’s stocks now stand at their lowest levels since January 1984, totaling a...
by Dave Patterson | Dec 17, 2022 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
The Republican members of the United States House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) has issued a minority report “Unclassified Summary of the Second Interim Report On the Origins of the COVID-19 Pandemic.” The HPCI...
by Dave Patterson | Dec 15, 2022 | Articles, Opinion, Politics
In a move totally out of touch with what is happening in the world, President Joe Biden’s Department of Energy (DOE) provided a $200 million grant to a Texas-based battery technology company that generates most of its revenue in China. The trend in the United States...