On Monday, President Donald Trump designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organization, the first time the United States has designated part of another nation's government as such a threat. Iran's Supreme National Security Council responded by...

The current violence targeting Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails dates back to January 2. It was then that Israel’s Public Security Minister, Gilad Erdan declared that the "party is over." "Every so often, infuriating pictures appear of cooking in...

In tax season, most of us think more about getting our forms in on time – and getting our refunds – than about where our tax dollars actually go. It’s probably no surprise that a significant portion – 24 cents out of every dollar – of...

Last week, the Foreign Ministers of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) countries met in Washington, DC. NATO was greeted with bi-partisan support from Congress and by protesters who held actions and events from Saturday, March 30 through their meeting at...

Autonomous and semi-autonomous weapon systems shall be designed to allow commanders and operators to exercise appropriate levels of human judgment over the use of force. ~ Department of Defense Directive 3000.9 (May 8, 2017) Suppose you knew that I was manufacturing...

This originally appeared at Consortium News. Readers of The Washington Post on Monday were treated to more of the same from editorial page chief Fred Hiatt. Hiatt, who won his spurs by promoting misleading “intelligence” about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody “War on Drugs” has now claimed over 27,000 lives – almost all poor and indigent people, including children, summarily executed by police or vigilantes. Over 140,000 pretrial detainees are being held...