Once a society decides that killing is an acceptable answer to suffering, what constitutes suffering sufficient to be made dead becomes highly elastic.
Former Vice President Mike Pence, who announced on Oct. 28 that he is suspending his presidential campaign, may never get the credit he deserves for singular service to our nation. We all should hope his public service, in some significant capacity, is not at an end.
House Republicans are getting cold feet about censuring Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI). But if promoting antisemitism and the lies of a terrorist organization aren’t worth censuring, then what is?
In November 2021, U.S. Army Central released the findings of its investigation into the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan based on “thousands of pages of documents” and interviews with more than 130 witnesses. Now, U.S. Central Command is updating that investigation with interviews of people who were wounded during the Aug. 26, 2021, suicide bombing that killed 13 U.S. service members and 170 Afghans at Abbey Gate in Hamid Karzai International Airport.