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Christopher Carson
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August 9, 2015
Former Saddam officers form the core of a rampant ISIS hordeBetween 100 and 160 former Baathist military and security officials of the Iraqi regime hold high-level positions in the ISIS terror-state.
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July 12, 2015
Shameless Iran cheating while talkingWith yet another deadline blown, it looks as though Iran is stalling for time.
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July 4, 2015
The Taliban risingMaybe NATO's withdrawal to its Afghanistan bases six months ago was a little premature.
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July 2, 2015
The GOP Congress refuses to use the power it hasInstead of wailing and bemoaning the imperial edicts issued this past week by the Supreme Court, Congress would do better to exercise its constitutional authority and fight back.
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June 30, 2015
Iranian nuclear negotiations do not include solving older mysteriesWhy is no one in these negotiations talking about Iran's covert nuclear activities?
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June 27, 2015
Obama's pivot to Asia does nothing to counter growing Chinese provocationsThe days of U.S. dominance in the Western Pacific are likely numbered.
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June 26, 2015
The Iran nuclear talks could not be going better...for IranIf the Obama administration were an Iranian mole, how different would these negotiations be?
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June 21, 2015
U.S. drone strike in Yemen kills the head of AQAPNew al-Qaeda port may make for a good death trap for terrorists via drone strikes.
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June 16, 2015
Nigeria's Boko Haram, on the run, is still a villainous hordeA recent attack is cause for alarm, as well as the terrorist group's profession of solidarity with ISIS.
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June 16, 2015
Airstrike underscores the need for more intelligence resources in LibyaWe're not sure whom we killed in this latest one, and that makes all the difference.
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June 13, 2015
Greece: A lesson in socialist failureAnd the rest of Europe is getting pretty tired of it, if recent negotiations are any indicator.
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June 12, 2015
Can you trust other countries to store your data? You might have to.Under a little-known provision of the Trans Pacific Partnership, your data could be stored anywhere – even overseas, at the host country's discretion.
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June 9, 2015
Abortion is down nearly everywhere...and here's how to push it down even furtherPlanned Parenthood says it's because of more birth control, but that explanation doesn't wash.
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June 4, 2015
Mayor Bill de Blasio's crime policy causing needless deathsNew York City, once the safest large city in America, now has a skyrocketing crime and murder rate.
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May 30, 2015
Mount Everest was ascended for all mankindIn this very week in 1953, humanity first set foot on the summit of the world’s highest mountain in a feat of stunning resilience and skill.
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May 28, 2015
Sky-High College Costs and Student Mental Health CareDebt and hopelessness are increasingly driving our nation's college students to desperation. Maybe it's time the university system did something.
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May 23, 2015
No Progress Since the War on Poverty Began Half a Century AgoWhat do we have to show for 50 years and $22 trillion?
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May 22, 2015
House GOP wants to explore space, Democrats want to stare at the EarthA significant change in NASA's priorities – from global warming advocacy to space exploration.
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May 21, 2015
Obama's 'red line' for Syria is written on waterPresident Assad has decided to gas his restive population again.
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May 19, 2015
The cruel theology of <em>The Homesman</em>Spoilers ahead for a bleak and depressing film.
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May 15, 2015
Pope Francis and his environmental encyclicalThere's cause for concern, both for Catholics and for the wider world.
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May 13, 2015
Forty years on, lessons from the <em>Mayaguez</em> incidentHow the Cambodian Khmer Rouge profited from America's loss of prestige in Vietnam.
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May 12, 2015
Poland's conservative win shows fear of the BearRussian aggression in Ukraine is driving Poles to the polls.
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May 8, 2015
A federal appeals court limits the Patriot Act's scopeThat's a good thing...assuming the decision has any impact.
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May 7, 2015
Forty years on, the fall of SaigonWhat the liberal media won't tell you is that the South Vietnamese fought surprisingly well.
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May 6, 2015
To the stars through hardshipScientists at NASA may have made some astonishing breakthroughs in advanced propulsion technology.
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May 5, 2015
The end of Boko Haram draws nearPursued into the forest, but captured Nigerian schoolgirls still not found.
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May 1, 2015
Cats and KardashiansWhat do we Americans actually know about our country? Not much, says Pew.
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April 28, 2015
To the shores of TripoliExactly 210 years ago this week, the U.S. won its first land battle on a foreign shore. And President Jefferson squandered the gain.
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April 23, 2015
Remember when George Bush's ranch got buzzed by a UFO?Like something out of a sci-fi flick.
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April 18, 2015
Obama's phony war on ISISPinpricks from the U.S. military in one of Iraq's most important strategic cities.
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April 26, 2014
Increase Intelligence Sharing with UkraineIt should seem obvious that shoring up Ukraine' sovereignty while checking a revanchist Russia is in the interest of the West.