OP-ED: Tennis star John McEnroe, hurt feelings, and why that’s bad for the military

OP-ED: Tennis star John McEnroe, hurt feelings, and why that’s bad for the military

For those of you who aren’t closely following the daily ebbs and flows in the ongoing culture wars, I envy you. Unfortunately, I regularly find myself analyzing the tit for tat engagements that are defining our cultural landscape and politics. If you haven’t seen it, tennis great John McEnroe has recently stirred controversy after an […]

House overwhelmingly backs NATO mutual defense

House overwhelmingly backs NATO mutual defense

The U.S. House of Representatives voted nearly unanimously on Tuesday to reaffirm the NATO alliance’s guarantee that all members defend each other, weeks after President Donald Trump raised doubts about Washington’s support for the agreement. The vote was 423-4 in the House, where Trump’s fellow Republicans hold a 48-seat majority, for a resolution “solemnly reaffirming” […]

3 CNN staffers are out over retracted Russia investigation story

3 CNN staffers are out over retracted Russia investigation story

A CNN reporter and two editors have resigned over a story the news network retracted days ago. The article written by Thomas Frank claimed that the Senate Intelligence Committee was looking into Anthony Scaramucci, a former Goldman Sachs executive and key member of President Donald Trump’s transition team, over a meeting he had with Kirill Dmitriev, an […]

China and U.S. find some common ground on North Korean nuke strategy

China and U.S. find some common ground on North Korean nuke strategy

It has grown apparent in recent months that the United States and China, while working to present a fairly unified front on the face of North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, suffer from a lack of common ground when it comes to strategy in dealing with Kim’s regime.  American diplomats and defense officials have repeatedly called […]

Delaware state senator faces felony charges for loaded handgun inside carry-on bag

Delaware state senator faces felony charges for loaded handgun inside carry-on bag

A Delaware state senator is facing felony charges after bringing a loaded handgun in his carry-on bag at the Salisbury Regional Airport in Maryland Thursday, according to The News Journal. Sen. Brian Pettyjohn was traveling to the Southern Regional Education Board conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, when Transportation Security Administration agents discovered a 9mm handgun […]

Why Saudi Arabia hates Al Jazeera so much

Why Saudi Arabia hates Al Jazeera so much

If you want to understand why many Arab world leaders hate Al Jazeera, consider “Sharia and Life.” For years, the call-in show was one of the network’s most popular, reaching tens of millions. Viewers would call in and pose their faith questions to Yusuf al-Qaradawi, an Egyptian cleric and a spiritual leader of the Muslim […]

‘You don’t wait until the epidemic is killing everyone’ — ex-NSA hacker blasts Obama’s response to Russian election hacking

‘You don’t wait until the epidemic is killing everyone’ — ex-NSA hacker blasts Obama’s response to Russian election hacking

A former hacker for the National Security Agency says the Obama administration failed to do its job when confronted with intelligence that showed Russia’s attempt to influence the 2016 presidential election. “They were so busy thinking about retaliation and secrecy that they were not doing the thing that would make a difference,” the source told Business Insider on […]

CIA director says Trump administration is ‘incredibly focused’ on stopping leaks, despite dozens of leaks

CIA director says Trump administration is ‘incredibly focused’ on stopping leaks, despite dozens of leaks

CIA Director Mike Pompeo addressed the torrent of leaks of sensitive information about national security that has dominated headlines over the last few months during an interview with MSNBC’s Hugh Hewitt which aired Saturday. Hewitt asked Pompeo whether he was “looking over [his] back with the other agencies.” “The leak parade has been extraordinarily long and granular,” said […]

U.S. lawmakers propose the founding of a new military branch: The ‘Space Corps’

U.S. lawmakers propose the founding of a new military branch: The ‘Space Corps’

The United States House Armed Services Committee introduced groundbreaking legislation earlier this week that hopes to establish a new branch of the American armed forces: a “Space Corps.” Like the Marine Corps falls under the purview of the Department of the Navy, this new Space Corps would fall under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Air […]