Don’t let anyone tell you support for Ukraine is on the decline in 2023
It may seem like one big joke to many in the United States and in American media, but the inability to reach a majority vote for Speaker of the House…
6 Reasons why the Afghan government crumbled, according to a new special report
In a new report released in November 2022, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) detailed the results of its investigation into why the Afghan government crumbled like a…
President Biden’s North Korea strategy is a mix of Obama and Trump’s. Here’s why it matters.
North Korea isn’t on the forefront of the world’s mind at the moment, given revolutions in Iran and an all-out war in Ukraine, but the Hermit Kingdom is begging for…
Iran might be planning an attack on Saudi Arabia – and the US is showing force
Iran and Saudi Arabia have been regional rivals since the 1979 Islamic Revolution overthrew the Shah of Iran and plunged the country into decades of Shia Islamist theocracy. The two…
This online assistant for military voting is guaranteed to get your ballot in by election day
We seldom hear about the difference overseas military voting makes, but they have enormous potential. More than a dozen races were decided by a handful of votes in recent years….
The US House of Representatives maintains order using a giant mace
When we think of someone using a mace, it’s usually either a knight in medieval combat, bludgeoning some poor conscripted serf to death over a piece of land no one…
France’s first WWII attack was a massive Nazi trap
Germany lacked many of the natural resources necessary to make war in the 20th Century and knew that it had to rack up victories and seize materiel early in World War II to be successful, and that’s why it was so great for its forces when France ma…
One sheriff’s race: Two instances of stolen valor
In rural Callahan County, Texas, a town of about 4,000, a normal sheriff’s race turned up something unusual. Where not one, but two candidates were accused of stolen valor. Later,…
This presidential nominee’s campaign was tanked by a tank
In the 1988 presidential campaign, Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis, the Democratic nominee for President, had a problem: he needed to look credible as a commander-in-chief during a time when Democrats were being criticized for their defense p…
President Biden signed the Lend-Lease Act of 2022 to supply Ukraine
On May 9, 2022, President Joe Biden signed the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022. The historic bill was driven by Russian aggression in Eastern Europe and fast-tracked by…