The difficulties that Continental Army veterans experienced obtaining benefits mirror those of veterans today.
Denying Veterans Benefits a Venerable Tradition
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Focal Points Blog
Solving Nuclear Base Foul-ups and National Laboratory Mismanagement the Easy Way
We’re investing too much money and patriotic capital in trying to prop up nuclear weapons, which are arguably obsolete anyway.
U.S. Digs Its Heels in on Iran Sanctions
The U.S. has switched its intransigence toward Iran from enrichment capacity to sanctions.
What a GOP Senate Means for Obama’s Foreign Policy
2015 could yet see some significant developments—at least on issues where the White House and GOP are aligned.
The Islamic State’s Ongoing Program of Self-Sabotage
For the Islamic State, making the trains run on time doesn’t quite cover a multitude of sins.
Public and Private in Poland
In Poland, the market has replaced Solidarity as a symbol of civil society.
Kobane: Hunger Strikes and Air Strikes
A former Syrian Kurdish MP is hunger striking in Washington for action in Kobane.
For Unemployed Young Men, the Islamic State Provides More Than Just Jobs and Purpose
The Islamic State is like a Pleasure Island for gangbangers and psychos.
Recreating Central Europe
According to Central Europe expert Dariusz Kalan, the biggest mistake since the Warsaw Pact was disbanded is that “we don’t have a common voice in Central Europe.”
How Does the World’s Leading Advocate of Air Power ― the U.S. ― Wind up Using the Wrong Planes?
Unfortunately, a lot more than battlefield requirements goes into the design of war planes.