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As the war in Ukraine persists, and an eventual stalemate seeming more likely by the day, some commentators have turned to the Korean War...
Questions about whether and how the international community should push Ukraine and Russia into negotiations have thus far been vague as to the structure...
A full-fledged attack is no way to defeat Donald Trump in the 2024 Republican primary. That’s because the next presidential race will more closely...
Donald Trump is Slipping Against Ron DeSantis: In November 2022, former US President Donald Trump announced he was running for president yet again. This...
So is it going to be Mahan or Corbett in orbit? Corbett, according to Frank Calvelli, the top acquisition executive for the U.S. Space...
If things don't go China's way, Beijing could try for a rematch at a more auspicious time, and it lays colossal weight on the...
This week Yomiuri Shimbun reported that the U.S. Marine Corps intends to found a Marine Littoral Regiment capable of island-hopping along Japan’s Ryukyus chain,...
It wasn’t that long ago that suggesting that China is enamored of Alfred Thayer Mahan’s ideas about sea power was a laugh line. Nowadays...
Spruce Goose, a History: When one thinks of the name “Hercules” in the aviation context (as opposed to the eponymous original Greek god), one most...
Evidence from the ground increasingly suggests that the Russian military is getting ready to launch a large-scale offensive somewhere in Ukraine soon. On day 344 of...
The U.S. Defense Department is banning Israeli Air Force pilots with foreign passports from flying the F-35I Adir fighter jets. Citing information security concerns and technology...
VIDEO: This is the First Confirmed Destruction Of a Russian Air Defense System – Dramatic video footage released this week shows for the first...
There is a trick question most elementary students know when it comes to the mysteries of the universe – namely, what is the closest...
When the Federal Reserve meets next week, it would do well to recall two of Milton Friedman’s fundamental economic teachings. The first is that...
The War for Ukraine: What Movies Could We See? Since the founding of the medium, film has gone hand-in-hand with war. (Subscribe to Our...
With Republicans in the House ready to take on the White House over potential spending cuts, the question has been raised about where exactly...
In public, President Joe Biden has shown unwavering commitment to Ukraine – pledging billions of dollars in aid packages. At the same time, last...
The EU’s foreign policy chief was dismissive in January when asked about adding Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to the European Union’s terrorist list....
It is hard to believe the hype that potential deployments of German Leopard and U.S. Abrams tanks have triggered in the western media. Every...
Azerbaijan’s siege of the Artsakh is almost seven weeks old. Even a State Department prone to bothsiderism now recognizes that Azerbaijan alone is responsible...
This was the year the word “tripledemic” entered the lexicon. That’s the term for the three different types of illnesses, COVID-19, flu, and RSV,...
Perhaps as many as 90% of China’s 1.41 billion people will come down with COVID-19, said Feng Zijian, former deputy chief of China’s Center...
A new virus has emerged in China and infected around 35 people, sparking concern that a new pandemic could be on the way. Scientists...
President Joe Biden has tested positive for COVID-19. He is currently experiencing mild symptoms, the White House said. “This morning, President Biden tested positive...
Joe Biden: Plagiarist – Politicians are generally afforded a degree of latitude with respect to the truth. Embellishment and hyperbole and misdirection are widely accepted...
The GOP Declares War on Joe Biden: The US political climate has become so partisan and so vindictive that parties and partisans now openly daydream...
Air Goes Out of the Kamala Harris Comeback: What happened to Vice President Kamala Harris? Even Democrats are saying she has “underwhelmed” in her...
Is the GOP losing because of… obnoxiousness?: Why have Republicans had so many bad election performances lately? Because many of them are jerks, and...
South Korea’s President Mentions the Possible Nuclearization of His Country – South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol suggested in a press conference last week that...
What Is North Korea Planning? As part of a significant speech Kim Jong-un gave on the last day of 2022, he made several key...
Kim Jong Un’s 2022 was quite a year. North Korea set a new annual record for missile launches. Short-range, medium range and intercontinental range...
At the end of 2022, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un made two dramatic announcements. He first claimed that because “South Korea has become ‘our...
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George Santos Lied About Everything, But He’s Hardly Alone – We the people… deserve better. On Tuesday, Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) announced that he...
Here Comes Nikki Haley: As much as he likely expected or wanted it, Donald Trump won’t be anointed the Republican Party‘s candidate for the 2024...
Nikki Haley Has No Chance in 2024: So it appears the GOP of 2012 – that won’t go away and prays for a reboot...
When first launched, the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier was the biggest warship ever built. With a displacement of over 100,000 tons and a length stretching...
