Drones may seem like an over-reaction to local threats, but defense contractors are convincing police forces that they need them.
Never Mind the Black Helicopters, Coming Soon to an Airspace Near You: Drones
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Cyberwarfare Works on Same Premises as Nuclear War
The creator of Stuxnet, while oblivious to its potential to proliferate, no doubt intended it as a deterrent.
Is It Time to Worry About Ahmadinejad’s Apparent Fanaticism?
How would we feel about Iran President Ahmadinejad’s extremism if he usurped Supreme Leader Khameini in power?
Busting the Myth That Immigrants Drive Down Wages
Surprise, surprise: immigrants neither take Americans’ jobs, nor drive down their wages.
Would a U.S. Withdrawal From Afghanistan Drive India Into China’s Arms?
Much as the United States needs to withdraw from Afghanistan, it needs to keep in mind the effects that our military standdown would have on India.
An Off-Ramp From Our Iran Policy Could Take Us on the Scenic Route to Peace
Nowhere is it written in stone that U.S. policy on Iran must continue to suffer from a failure of imagination.
‘They’ Are Not Taking ‘Our’ Jobs
My neighbor two doors down flies a Confederate flag alongside his more conventional stars and stripes. He drives a pickup truck, sports a number of provocative tattoos, and is about as white as Sarah Palin or Newt Gingrich. I don’t know if he would vote for either Sarah or Newt, but he’s a pretty conservative guy. Still, he gets along reasonably well with the interracial couple who lives between us. And his son-in-law, an immigrant from El Salvador, just spent the last two weekends replacing our damaged shed with one that looks a whole lot better than anything Home Depot offers.
With Abuse of Palestinian Children, IDF Hits New Low
Widespread reports that members of IDF abuse Palestinian youths makes you wonder just what childrearing practices they’re a product of.
Ahmadinejad’s Apocalypse-Soon Proclamations: For Real or a Joke?
Do conservatives have any justification for clinging to the belief that Iran’s President Ahmadinejad is an end-timer?
Robert Wright and the Koran: Grappling with the Wrong Religion
Parsing the Koran will not produce answers about the roots of terror any more than staring at a cup will enlighten onlookers about the source of water.