"If you're in favor of World War III, you have your candidate." So said Rand Paul, looking directly at Gov. Chris Christie, who had just responded to a question from CNN's Wolf Blitzer as to whether he would shoot down a Russian plane that violated his...
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) assessment has cleared the way for the board of governors to end the Agency’s extraordinary investigation into accusations of Iran’s past nuclear weapons work. But a closer examination of the document reveals much more...
Nine hunters who were kidnapped in southern Iraq on Wednesday escaped their captors. The World Bank has promised to lend Iraq $1.2 billion to help it deal with the Islamic State militancy and the crash in oil prices. At least 314 were killed and 27 were wounded: The...
While the country has been fixated on Donald Trump's tormenting his Republican primary opponents and deeply concerned about the government's efforts to identify any confederates in the San Bernardino, California, killings, a team of federal prosecutors and FBI agents...
The War on Terror is at a stalemate. Recent, disparate terrorist attacks have shown that far from being “degraded and destroyed,” the Islamic State’s reach is growing. Unwilling to commit large numbers of U.S. boots on the ground, policymakers have instead...
Over the weekend CNN breathlessly reported as "Breaking News" – it breathlessly reports everything as "Breaking News" – a new poll indicating that people are increasingly frightened about terrorism. The accompanying web story stated, "Terrorism has...
The two frontrunners for the GOP presidential nomination aren’t drinking the neocon Kool-Aid, and this became readily apparent on the stage of the GOP presidential debate. Donald Trump opposed the Iraq war, thinks we should be happy Putin is taking on ISIS in Syria,...
In a short time the world will once again celebrate Christmas. We evangelicals are traditionally excited about this season, since it celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace, the man whose teaching and example we profess to honor and love. But our...
What is required in combating Islamic fundamentalist movements like ISIS, Al Qaeda, and the Taliban is a deeper understanding of them, their motives and missions, and the methods behind their madness. Such knowledge could go much further in defeating these enemies...
