by Dave Patterson | May 20, 2021 | Articles, Military Affairs
Representative Liz Cheney (R-WY) has received her fair share of coverage lately after her bruising removal from the leadership of the Republican Party. But she still serves on the powerful House Armed Services Committee (HASC) and is a member of the Subcommittee on...
by Dave Patterson | Jun 9, 2020 | Articles, Intelligence, International, Military Affairs, Politics, Trade
Weaning the U.S. defense industrial base from products critical to military equipment made in China is not merely necessary — it is crucial to U.S. national security. China’s behavior during the recent pandemic and Beijing’s threatening military...
by Kelli Ballard | Mar 7, 2020 | Articles, Military Affairs, Politics, Privacy & Tech, Science
The U.S. Space Force is well on its way and right on target. It now has about half of its staff (110 out of 200) for its headquarters division. The nation’s newest branch of the military will eventually gain about 15,000 civilian and military personnel by 2024 as it...
by Mark Angelides | Nov 16, 2019 | Audio, Podcasts, The Rabbit Hole
We see so much chatter of defense and prosecution in recent news that it’s time to look at how defense works from a historical standpoint. Was Socrates right to treat his trial as a charade? Did Jesus have it right by not defending himself? And what of Roger...
by James V. Capua | Jul 29, 2019 | Articles, Law, Migrant caravan, Politics, Social Issues
True to form, Donald Trump is building the Wall he promised. Equally true to form, he is doing it in a surprising and unorthodox way – and yes, at least to a degree, other nations are “paying for it,” or at least sharing the burden. The President’s know-it-all critics...