Attacks Leave 39 Killed, 48 Wounded Across Iraq
Marching as to War
Sweeping through Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania this week, Joe Biden reassured all three that the United States' commitment to Article Five of the NATO treaty remains "solemn" and "iron clad." Article Five commits us to war if the territory of any of these tiny Baltic...
Iraq Police Targeted Across Iraq: 113 Killed, 148 Wounded
Domestic Drones Are Inevitable
As the weekly – sometimes daily – news stories never tire of telling us, domestic drones are coming. And as ABC News reported on March 17, they are arriving faster than the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) can suss out the rules over their use. Though it’s...
Ukraine’s Mysterious Snipers
Exactly a month ago the Ukrainian crisis seemed on the verge of a peaceful resolution: the European Union had mediated negotiations between the government of Viktor Yanukovich and leaders of the opposition, and an agreement had been reached. The government consented...
Clashes Continue in Iraq’s Anbar: 56 Killed, 18 Wounded
Freedom for Me, but Not for Thee
Initially, I was gratified to learn that Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., the chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, was unafraid to take on the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) over the issue of domestic spying. The CIA is limited by its charter to stealing...
Post-Modern Post-State Post-Identity Crisis
According to American Senator John McCain, "We are all Ukrainians now!" Of course in the United States it is of comparatively little significance what you actually are while of eminent importance what someone calls you; we having long since given up...