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Why Fly? Do You Like Being Humiliated and Profiled?

Last update April 23, 2016Leave a Comment

Every time I hear that a friend is going on a business trip I get confused and have to ask a very simple question: why fly?

Amazing, cheap technology puts people anywhere in the world on top of your desk. Is it really necessary to go through the out of town business ritual?

Filed Under: National Security and Foreign Affairs Tagged With: Islam

Majority of Muslims are Good People, Even Terrorists?

Last update March 26, 2016Leave a Comment

America has always been conflicted about what to do with a majority. Should we stand behind our democratic values, or ignore what a majority wants so we can benefit a minority? Politics, not principle usually answers that question. It has a tendency to create majorities when they are needed to make a point.

Filed Under: National Security and Foreign Affairs Tagged With: Donald Trump, Islam

Kim Jong-un Teaches the Stupidity of Nuclear Optimism

Last update January 11, 2016Leave a Comment

If you plan to stomach the State of the Union’s parade of poster children Tuesday night you probably already know what to expect. There will be a lot of talk about guns. Talk about jobs. Talk about the Affordable Care Act.

Filed Under: National Security and Foreign Affairs Tagged With: North Korea

No Good Reasons to Ignore Terror Attack Lessons

Last update December 12, 2015Leave a Comment

Are we about to exceed our quota of denial about how safe we are, thanks to America’s newest terror attack? Barack Obama’s statement that he confronts the threat of terrorism every morning1 isn’t quite the same as proving he did something about it.

Filed Under: National Security and Foreign Affairs

Radicalization is Public Policy, Muslim Style

Last update August 9, 2017Leave a Comment

Radicalization of Muslims is less of a threat than another possibility, that the violence we are seeing is simply extremist public policy on a global scale.

Filed Under: National Security and Foreign Affairs Tagged With: Islam

Our Outrageous Response to New Attack on Humanity

Last update November 16, 2015Leave a Comment

Humanity should not have been shocked by the attacks in Paris. There was nothing outrageous about what happened, even though the one-time leader of the free world chose to cast it that way.1 When America’s leadership decided long ago to publicly deny the direction Islam was so obviously taking, what did that portend for the civilized world?

Filed Under: National Security and Foreign Affairs Tagged With: Islam, Middle East

World Community Can’t Be Trusted to Stop Aggression

Last update April 10, 2017Leave a Comment

The wait is finally over. Beginning today, the world community can see how Iran intends to honor the deal it cut with the West. Hopefully, those who negotiated the terms appreciate the humor in the news of Iran’s new ICBM test and North Korea’s laughable request for a peace treaty.

Filed Under: National Security and Foreign Affairs Tagged With: Iran, North Korea

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