New Contributing Editor joins SOFREP

New Contributing Editor joins SOFREP

I look forward to my role as a contributing editor for SOFREP and welcome your suggestions and observations on my reporting, analysis, and commentary.

Was the Orlando Gunman Gay? The Answer Continues to Elude the F.B.I.

Was the Orlando Gunman Gay? The Answer Continues to Elude the F.B.I.

After news media reports suggested that the man who carried out the massacre at a gay nightclub here may have himself been gay, the company that bills itself as “the world’s largest gay hookup site” put out what amounted to a distress call, asking members who may have been in contact with the gunman, Omar Mateen, […]

Taliban claim responsibility for killing a popular Sufi in Pakistan

Taliban claim responsibility for killing a popular Sufi in Pakistan

Sufism very much operates in the gray area in Islam, even more so than Shia. The mystical aspect of it is confusing to many… Traditional Sufis spend their lives going to extremes to connect with God on a personal level, through singing, dancing, poetry, taking intoxicating substances, and meditation.

Afghan babies have been dying in huge numbers for decades. Now, something is changing.

Afghan babies have been dying in huge numbers for decades. Now, something is changing.

For decades, Afghanistan has ranked with the very poorest African countries as one of the hardest places for infants and small children to survive. Conflict, poverty, poor health services and low levels of female education and rights combined to produce extremely high mortality rates for Afghan newborns, older infants and very young children. But finally, […]

Just How Dirty Is the Olympics?

Just How Dirty Is the Olympics?

As the world’s great sporting institutions became mired in growing evidence of corruption, cheating, and scandal, one man set out on an unprecedented tour of the sporting world. From Kathmandu to Boston—from Qatar to Rio, what he found was a catalogue of misery and greed that left him in mourning for the sports he once […]

Ventura to appeal 8th Circuit decision that threw out $1.8 million defamation award

Ventura to appeal 8th Circuit decision that threw out $1.8 million defamation award

Former Gov. Jesse Ventura plans to appeal the decision by the 8th U.S. Circuit Court Appeals, which last week overturned the $1.8 million defamation verdict that a jury awarded him in 2014. David B. Olsen, Ventura’s attorney, filed a motion Wednesday asking for an extension until July 11 to file a brief. He will be […]

This Navy SEAL Died Fighting 100 ISIS Fighters Like a True Hero

This Navy SEAL Died Fighting 100 ISIS Fighters Like a True Hero

Navy SEAL Charles Keating IV was killed during a firefight with ISIS forces in May, but the extent of Keating’s heroism and valor in battle has only recently come to light. According to a CNN report, Keating was part of a team of American military advisers who were assisting Kurdish forces. The Kurds and Americans were […]

FAA Releases New Rules Regulating Small Commercial Drones

FAA Releases New Rules Regulating Small Commercial Drones

John S. Duncan, Director of the Federal Aviation Administration’s Flight Standards Service issued an Advisory Circular detailing new rules designed to regulate and phase in small commercial drones. It is a first step in the government’s efforts to properly regulate and harness the explosive growth in commercial drones.  The regulations take a cautious approach, setting […]

How ISIS Became the World’s Deadliest Tech Start-Up

How ISIS Became the World’s Deadliest Tech Start-Up

War is nothing new for Americans. It is estimated, in fact, that the United States has been embroiled in a conflict for some 222 of the past 240 years, or more than 90 percent of its very life as a nation. But the war that America finds itself currently enmeshed in with ISIS is unlike any other […]

Anti-Gun Reporter Tried to Buy AR-15 for a Story–Til the Background Check Came In…

Anti-Gun Reporter Tried to Buy AR-15 for a Story–Til the Background Check Came In…

A Chicago reporter looked around and saw other reporters buying guns and writing stories about it after the Orlando terror attack and decided to try it for himself. The result left him surprised — perhaps a bit embarrassed. Sun Times columnist Neil Steinberg said he planned with his boss to make a temporary purchase of an “assault weapon,” though […]