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Articles by James Carafano

Montana Mother and Judge Turned Cyber Spy

James Carafano | August 30, 2011

On Thursday, you’ll hear a story at Heritage that you won’t believe is real. In 2007, writer Jack Hitt did a profile for Wired magazine… Read More

Remembering the Path to 9/11

James Carafano | August 29, 2011

The Path to 9/11 is a docudrama sprawling across eight-and-a-half years, four continents, and multiple terrorist attacks. The film generated great controversy when it originally… Read More

Twisting in the Wind: Tornado 101

James Carafano | August 26, 2011

As Hurricane Irene heads toward the East Coast of the United States, we also have to worry about tornadoes. Tornadoes often form as a result… Read More

It Could Get Worse: Floods 101

James Carafano | August 26, 2011

We’ve discussed earthquakes and Hurricane Irene bearing down on the East Coast, but it doesn’t stop there. One disaster that frequently accompanies the storm surge… Read More

All Shook Up: Earthquakes 101

James Carafano | August 23, 2011

This morning we wrote about hurricanes, and then Washington, D.C., had an earthquake. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provides information about what to do… Read More

Learning from Libya

James Carafano | August 23, 2011

The debate over whether the U.S. should have intervened in Libya and how things will ultimately turn out in the troubled country will linger for… Read More

Hurricane 101

James Carafano | August 23, 2011

Forget the economic news, the fighting in Libya, and the American Idol summer tour and pay attention to the weather report. Hurricane Irene is wending… Read More

Obama Runs Down Wrong Road on Immigration

James Carafano | August 19, 2011

Everything about the recent decision by the White House to just stop deporting illegal immigrants reinforces the conclusion that the Administration has adopted exactly the… Read More

Coast Guard Budget Crucial to Homeland Security

James Carafano | August 19, 2011

Most of the doomsday budget-cutting talk has focused on the Pentagon—and rightly so, as cuts being bandied about will unquestioningly turn the United States into… Read More

Amphibious Forces Needed Around the Globe

James Carafano | August 15, 2011

Forget “One if by land; two if by sea.” An Amphibious Ready Group can come at America’s enemies by land or sea—and in numbers much… Read More

A Smarter Economic Policy Would Provide the Best Help to Veterans

James Carafano | August 05, 2011

The President is expected to speak this morning at Washington’s Naval Yard about the importance of finding jobs for America’s veterans. Veteran unemployment is at an… Read More

Panetta—Pentagon’s Friend or Obama Stalking Horse?

James Carafano | August 05, 2011

According to news reports, “Pentagon chief Leon Panetta vowed Wednesday to fight any across-the-board cuts to defense spending that could be triggered in the next… Read More

President’s Debt Ceiling Agreement A Raw Deal for National Security

James Carafano | August 01, 2011

This week, President Obama celebrates both a birthday and (maybe) a budget deal. The second looks to hardly to be a cause for celebration. Obama… Read More

More Terror at Fort Hood?

James Carafano | July 28, 2011

Media reports claim that three soldiers at Fort Hood have been arrested in alleged terror plot. The very first thing that ought to be said… Read More

United States Is Poorly Prepared to Defend Interests in Arctic

James Carafano | July 09, 2011

When it comes to Arctic policy, the White House is delivering a series of self-inflicted wounds. Though it keeps cranking out more and more policy… Read More

Air Obama Won’t Fly

James Carafano | July 08, 2011

It took a Twitter town hall to learn how the President really thinks about defense. Not only does Obama want to gut defense as part… Read More

What Should Congress Do About Libya?

James Carafano | June 15, 2011

The President’s actions in Libya have put the U.S., the Congress, and NATO in a bind. The Obama Administration’s failure to include Congress in its… Read More

House Warns President on Libya

James Carafano | June 03, 2011

After two and half months of watching President Barack Obama’s uncertain effort in Libya, the House has had enough. According to US News, “the House… Read More

47 Percent of Americans Cyber-Unserious

James Carafano | June 02, 2011

Earlier in the week, the media reported the Pentagon’s position that a serious cyber attack might require a military response—to which the only logical response… Read More

On Libya, Boehner Barks Back

James Carafano | June 02, 2011

White House press secretary Jay Carney declared that on Libya the White House has “consulted Congress every step of the way.” Well, Congress begs to… Read More

Get Your Cyber War On

James Carafano | June 01, 2011

According to an article in The Wall Street Journal, “The Pentagon has concluded that computer sabotage coming from another country can constitute an act of… Read More

Defense Spending: Hold the Line

James Carafano | May 23, 2011

In the midst of a debate over how and where to cut government spending, Congress needs to be careful not to throw the baby out… Read More

Al-Qaeda Rising in Libya?

James Carafano | May 20, 2011

The Arab Spring may be becoming a long hot summer. In the President’s major speech on the Middle East yesterday, it seemed pretty clear that… Read More

Obama Still Channeling His Inner Carter

James Carafano | May 10, 2011

Comparing the foreign policies of Presidents Jimmy Carter and Barack Obama has been like comparing apples to, well, apples. Carter tried accommodating America’s enemies. He… Read More

Pentagon Not Only Place “Hollowing” Out

James Carafano | May 09, 2011

In the 1970s, rather than rebuilding the military after the Vietnam War, President Jimmy Carter let it go hollow—the military looked okay on paper, but… Read More

Five Reasons It Was Important to Get Bin Laden

James Carafano | May 04, 2011

#1. Honor matters. In Osama bin Laden’s part of the world, “honor” equals “power.” When the U.S. takes out the chief of the world’s most… Read More

Morning Bell: Top Six Reasons We Got Osama bin Laden

James Carafano | May 04, 2011

Taking down Osama bin Laden was an achievement resulting from a culmination of a decade of national security policy. Soft power and diplomacy helped along… Read More

Will Panetta Provide for the Common Defense? Top Five Questions Congress Should Ask

James Carafano | April 27, 2011

The President plans to move Leon Panetta from heading the CIA to heading the Pentagon. As Obama’s nominee for Secretary of Defense, Panetta will have… Read More

WikiLeaking on GITMO

James Carafano | April 25, 2011

WikiLeaks, which has been sitting on an enormous cache of classified U.S. government documents, released another batch of materials to U.S. and European news “partners”… Read More

Obama Drones on in Libya

James Carafano | April 22, 2011

Libya is 700,000 square miles. It is on the list of the top 20 largest countries on earth. Obama is sending two drones —big deal…. Read More

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