Harry J. Kazianis reminds readers that despite Russian and Chinese leaders who went nuclear and treated their people horribly, America didn’t go to war against them. He writes at The American Conservative (abridged): Washington knows what to do when a nation that has very different and very threatening national security goals builds nuclear weapons. Remember […]
Archives for December 2017
This is How Easy It Would Be to Bring Down the Internet
There are 16 critical infrastructure sectors whose assets, systems, and networks are considered vital to the United States, but none is more important than the critical communications sector. The communications sector is a lifeline for the U.S. economy, underlying the operations of all businesses, public safety organizations, and government. Nearly 90% of global communications travel […]
Paris Greetings from the Mini Palais
Greetings from Le Mini Palais, Paris (3 avenue Winston Churchill, in the 8th arrondissement). More on Le Mini Palais here, here, and here.
Gun Buybacks are Ineffective, but This Mayor is Running One Anyway
Possibly one of the least effective methods of violence reduction is the gun buyback. Criminals don’t turn in their prized firearms, and what does get turned in is usually a pile of junk that couldn’t cause much damage anyway. Entrepreneurial citizens have even exploited the gun buybacks by turning in crude homemade guns and walking […]
How to Prevent a War With Iran
My friend Jon Basil Utley, publisher of The American Conservative, whom I know through our associations with the Cato Institute, writes today about a report on Iran. The report, by the Cato Institute, suggests further engagement with Iran’s moderate political factions, as opposed to ramping up aggression. Jon examines the dangerous neocon backed Project for […]
The Real Collusion Story
Robert Mueller’s “ridiculously inflated” 17-lawyer team investigating the Trump campaign/Russia collusion story is brimming with Democratic donors and activists. More worrisome, notes Andrew McCarthy, is the integrity of the investigation. According to Mr. McCarthy, the real collusion, perhaps, is the way the Obama administration put the law enforcement and intelligence arms of the administration in […]
You’ve Read the Last Issue of Intelligence Report: MTI and RAGE Gauge
In case you missed it, here’s what Dick Young wrote in his December 2016 issue of Intelligence Report: My Revitalized Market Tension Index (MTI) When will we know that the economy has entered recession? This month, I am reintroducing my Market Tension Index (MTI) to help you and I determine whether the economy is in […]
Can Republicans Win the Working Class Without Trump?
Charles F. McElwee examines the relationship between the Republican Party and working class Americans. He suggests at The American Conservative, that the GOP needs to offer the working class something for their votes, i.e. border security, social support, job security or other benefits working class Americans are seeking. Without capitalizing on the success Trump has […]
U.S. Weapons Making their Way into Sophisticated ISIS Weapons Labs
In the Middle East, an area that has been at war for well over a decade now, war fighting skills are given a priority over other forms of vocational training. At what some are calling the “jihadi university,” fighters are learning sophisticated techniques such as repurposing stolen weapons caches and in some cases improving the […]
Second Stealth Destroyer Suffers Electrical Failure
The second guided-missile destroyer, the USS Michael Monsoor (DDG-1001) suffered an electrical failure during its first sea trials. Unlike the DDG-1000 Zumwalt’s engineering casualty suffered in November of 2016, the Monsoor was able to limp home under its own power. Repairs are not expected to delay ship delivery in March 2018. The second stealthy destroyer being built […]
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