Syndicated column: Another 9/11
(Note: This is one of my syndicated columns. I usually wait a while before posting them, but for reasons of timeliness I am posting this the day it was sent out to my subscriber and submission lists.)...
View ArticleBenghazi-gate
Note: This is an op-ed from my syndicated column. New revelations are coming to light so rapidly, it may be outdated by this evening. The Kissinger Lesson, “That which will be revealed eventually, must...
View ArticleReview: ‘Zero Dark 30′
Note: This appeared in the print-only TV Guide of The Marshall Independent. Yes it’s pretty good. But if you can’t handle moral ambiguity and the often nasty way the world really works, you’ve got no...
View ArticleWomen in Combat
Note: This is my weekly syndicated column. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta has announced that women are necessary to our military’s success, that they are willing to fight and die alongside men, and...
View ArticleReview: The Americans
Note: This appeared in the print-only TV Guide of The Marshall Independent. “The Americans” on FX network may be the series that blows open the secret history of the Cold War – the secret that’s been...
View ArticleReview: Argo
Note: I see “Argo” won an academy award, and I see I neglected to post my review which first appeared in the print-only TV Guide of The Marshall Independent. So here it is. After a slow beginning the...
View ArticleIs this the time?
Note: My weekly op-ed. The late great science fiction author Robert A. Heinlein once told a crowd at a convention, “Some of you will see a nuclear war within your lifetime.” The crowd, to say the...
View ArticleSyria
Hang on to your hats, here we go round again. President Obama has asked the military to “prepare options for all contingencies” in Syria, according to Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel. The immediate...
View ArticleAmerican Sniper highlights divisions in American society
Clint Eastwood’s epic biopic “American Sniper” is hitting the target with all the accuracy of the legendary sniper it portrays, becoming the highest grossing domestic release of 2014. It has also...
View ArticleA war like no other
I have just finished a long conversation with some of the greatest figures in the history of Western Civilization. Over the past month I listened with rapt attention to tales of battles on land and...
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