Wars rarely begin when nations are fully prepared to fight them. They begin when political leaders would prefer more time, military planners want more forces, and logisticians need more ships, aircraft, ammunition, and supplies. That is precisely why the United States and its allies should revisit an old but highly practical concept: Ships Taken Up […]
In January 2009, then-President Barack Obama had no sooner assumed office after handily defeating the Republican nominee, John McCain, when opposition to his overreaching agenda galvanized a center-right movement. At the suggestion of CNBC editor Rick Santelli, whose live, on-air rant of Feb. 19 of that year perfectly captured the spirit of the opposition, the […]
In the four months leading up to the deaths of her three children, Lindsay Clancy was prescribed 13 different psychiatric medications through more than 30 prescriptions. Of those 13 medications, only four fell within Massachusetts’s prescription monitoring program, while the remaining nine, including antidepressants, an antipsychotic, and a mood stabilizer, were outside its routine reporting […]
What value do you think the country needs most today? It is admittedly somewhat of an odd question, but the results from a recently published Gallup poll asking it are striking. “Honesty” was the top vote-getter at 34%, followed by “responsibility” at 32%, and “integrity” at 31%. These are all fine choices, and the country […]
On Sunday, 60 Minutes profiled Moussa Diawara, a deported Texas father of two. The segment sympathetically claimed he feared returning to Mali partly because he had converted to Christianity. It told viewers the Department of Homeland Security questioned his credibility, yet it never mentioned that his 2012 immigration application claimed he was gay and feared […]
