World War I, Rather than World War II, Is Key for Today’s Foreign Policy
The 100-year anniversary of the most important event in the 20th century passed recently with predictably scant notice in the American media. The anniversary can’t be that of the allied D-Day invasion of Normandy during World War II, because that event happened only...
Debunking Tyler Cowen and Paul Krugman on War Being Good for the Economy
Tyler Cowen has taken a new approach to one of the most dangerous myths around; the old "war is hell, but it’s also sort of good for the economy" canard. And his reasoning is somehow even worse than the typical explanation given by Paul Krugman and the like....
Doom from the Depths: Coming Your Way
Ever since the horrors of submarine warfare became a key issue during World War I, submarines have had a sinister reputation. And the building of new, immensely costly, nuclear-armed submarines by the U.S. government and others may soon raise the level of earlier...
159 Killed As Iraq Postpones Deciding Next Leaders
A Note to My Readers
I'm a bit under the weather -- frankly, I'm completely exhausted -- and so taking an extra long weekend: no column today. However, my present unfortunate state may be fortuitous: have the distinct impression the next few weeks will be filled to...
Iraq Tribes Refuse To Fight For Maliki; 258 Killed Across Country
Iranian Colonel Among 138 Killed in Iraq
Nuclear Nightmares: Securing the World Before It Is Too Late
In January 1961 a B-52 bomber broke up over North Carolina, dropping two nuclear bombs on rural Goldsboro County. “By the slightest margin of chance,” recently released documents reveal, “literally the failure of two wires to cross, a nuclear explosion was averted.”...
Ukraine: The War on Truth
"The War on Truth" seems to be an appropriate name for the propaganda war waged in the theater of global media over the real war in the eastern Ukraine. I have borrowed the title from an op-ed article in the New York Times by Keith Darden. This particular...


