Jack Murphy

The Washington Post recently ran a curious opinion piece — one that offers up an apology (along with multiple excuses) for China’s so-called social credit system. We’ve covered it here on NEWSREP going back to 2016, but it’s really only over the last year that China’s social credit scheme — most often described as Orwellian — […]

Founded in 1955, New Zealand’s Special Air Service (NZSAS) is a small but formidable unit. Currently task organized into four squadrons, including the counter-terrorism tactical assault group, NZSAS has seen multiple deployments to Afghanistan in recent years conducting operations in and around Kabul. The unit has had both its share of honors and controversies. One […]

On Tuesday, an RG33 MRAP vehicle was struck by an IED in Ghazi, Afghanistan. Eye witnesses reported that the blast was so large that the vehicle was thrown approximately fifty meters. An RG33 MRAP weighs somewhere between 28 to 33 tons, depending on the variant of the vehicle being driven. Killed in the blast were […]

Accusations and drama have surrounded the departure of long time Green Beret Foundation executive director Jennifer Paquette back in September — and since that time, the Foundation has filed a temporary restraining order (later withdrawn) and a lawsuit against her, along with their former finance officer, Melissa Pucino. The accusations include claims that Paquette locked […]

After border patrol officers lobbed 2-chlorobenzylidene malononitrile (CS), more commonly known as tear gas, at Central American migrants illegally trying to cross the border this Sunday near Tijuana, nearly every news agency in the country ran the same headline image — one depicting a woman with her two young children fleeing with a plume of white […]

The U.S. Department of Defense is now formally pressing charges against the two Navy SEALs and two MARSOC Marines implicated in the strangulation of Green Beret Staff Sergeant Logan Melgar in Mali. These charges include felony murder, conspiracy, and providing false statements to investigators. The two SEAL Team Six operators being charged have been previously […]

The sixth season of Netflix’s political thriller House of Cards, is thankfully the last. In its final season, this once great show has devolved into absurdity, self-parody, and dare I say… unintentional misogyny. The show’s lead actor, Kevin Spacey, playing President Francis Underwood, had to be written off the show after allegations came to light […]

At CPAC this year, the NRA head Wayne LaPierre, delivered a chilling speech to his audience warning that American freedoms are under attack from, “a tidal wave of European style socialism that seizes the democratic party.”  LaPierre told his listeners that the Democrats are, “A party that is now infested with saboteurs who don’t believe in […]

Today Saudi foreign minister Adel al-Jubeir described the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi as a rogue operation saying that, “there obviously was a tremendous mistake made, and what compounded the mistake was the attempt to try to cover up. That is unacceptable in any government.” Since the murder occurred in the Saudi embassy […]

Little Bird helicopters swept down and dropped the Delta Force operators on the roof of the prison. The helicopters were so heavy with men, weapons, and equipment that some only had one pilot on board due to weight restrictions. The breacher ran forward and set the explosive charge on the door leading down into the […]

Entertainment news is a bit outside my wheelhouse, but I wanted to take a moment to hash over something I realized when reflecting back on the hilarious 2008 movie Tropic Thunder.  I saw it in theaters at the time and thought it was a great, funny and well-written parody of the war movie genre with […]

The social sciences are sometimes looked down upon by those who practice so called hard science, such as physics or chemistry, as being something of a pseudo-science.  Granted, I may be biased as I majored in political science myself, but the what makes it an actual science is the adherence to tested statistical methodologies.  These […]