SecurityCommentary
The Pentagon Can’t Afford to Go Green at Warfighters’ Expense
Can the Biden administration have its climate change cake and eat it, too? With a new goal of slashing greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, vast… Read More
EducationFeature
Teacher Turns Student Questions About ‘Saving Private Ryan’ Into Annual Veterans Tribute
Harrison Kessel was in eighth grade when he interviewed World War II veteran John Eloff. Kessel was a shy boy who liked history but was… Read More
EducationCommentary
Military Families Deserve Flexible Education Options
Americans deeply value the sacrifices that U.S. service members and their families make. They include overseas deployments, nationwide moves, mental health strain, or even the… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Biden Wants to Underfund Defense Department While Asking It to Do More
If there is one thing that is quite clear in the early days of the Joe Biden presidency, it is the administration is more than… Read More
SecurityNews
EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon Promotes Radical Resources to Kill ‘Extremism in Ranks’
The Defense Department is promoting reading resources on opposing “systemic racism” that include radical authors as part of a program to combat extremism within the… Read More
SecurityCommentary
European Defense Spending Still Rising, but COVID-19 Poses Retrenching Risk
Defense budgets in Europe have thus far weathered the coronavirus pandemic surprisingly well. While that’s good news, it’s no time to become complacent. As the… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Pentagon Makes Unforced Error in New Policy on Transgender Service Members
The Pentagon released a new policy Wednesday describing how the military will now conduct gender transitions for service members currently serving. The policy describes the… Read More
SecurityCommentary
America’s Top Cyberwarrior Warns of Growing Threats
Gen. Paul Nakasone, the commander of the U.S. military’s Cyber Command and the director of the National Security Agency, testified to the Senate Armed Services… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Identity Politics and Critical Race Theory Have No Place in US Military
Sen. Tom Cotton, rightly angered that the Department of Defense is moving to indoctrinate U.S. military personnel in divisive critical race theory, has introduced a… Read More
SecurityAnalysis
America’s National Defense Also Women’s Issue, Sen. Joni Ernst Says
The Biden administration’s reported decision to hold America’s defense budget flat for the next fiscal year is concerning, Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, says. Ernst served… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Nuclear Modernization Is Our Top Defense Priority, and America Can Afford It
At a recent Heritage Foundation event, Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., brought some needed simplicity to the debate over the affordability of nuclear modernization. After years… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Why the F-35 Rules: Study History, Study Costs, Study Threats
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith, D-Calif., recently lamented the supposedly exorbitant costs and “poor track record” of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. Smith’s lack of expertise… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Why Is Our Military Choosing New Enemies?
The U.S. military has turned its wrath inward on Fox News host Tucker Carlson. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin expressed his “revulsion” after Carlson questioned… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Don’t Let the Department of Defense Become the Department of Distraction
One of the fundamental roles of a leader is organizing people—knowing how to direct people’s efforts and where to allocate resources. Failing to establish clear… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Biden’s Military Declares War on Tucker Carlson
President Joe Biden’s military last week declared its first war … on Fox News host Tucker Carlson. Carlson had committed the great sin of pointing… Read More
SecurityNews
House Duo Target 3 Books of ‘Poison’ on Navy’s Reading List for Sailors
Two members of Congress are asking the Navy to pull three books promoting identity politics and wokeness from its official reading list. The books teach… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Extremist, Anti-Constitutional Propaganda Has No Place in Navy
When I joined the U.S. Navy reserves in 2012, I swore an oath to “bear true faith and allegiance” to the U.S. Constitution. Since then,… Read More
SecurityNews
Ted Cruz Calls Out Pentagon for ‘Inappropriate’ Attacks on Fox Host
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, wants to know how the military became politicized in recent days, after top brass targeted Fox News Channel host Tucker Carlson… Read More
SecurityCommentary
China Hikes Defense Budget Again as US Weighs Flatlining Pentagon Spending
Trying to preserve a veneer of democratic legitimacy, the Chinese government goes through the political theater of a meeting of its rubber-stamp Congress every March…. Read More
SecurityNews
Pentagon Prepared to Extend National Guard’s Presence at Capitol
The Pentagon is prepared to extend the National Guard’s presence at the U.S. Capitol for an additional two months, defense officials said Tuesday. Defense Secretary… Read More
SecurityNews
China Threat Looms Large for Biden Administration, Freshman Senator Says
Sen. Bill Hagerty, a freshman Republican from Tennessee, is a businessman who served as U.S. ambassador to Japan during the Trump administration. Hagerty joins “The… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Texas’ Winter Electrical Grid Failures Highlight Nation’s Vulnerability to EMP Attacks
During the blackout last month, several million customers were without power in Texas. Indeed, nearly half of the state’s electricity production was interrupted at one… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Biden Must Stand Up to Iran’s Proxy Extortion Strategy
Iran has escalated its coercive pressure campaign on the Biden administration on two major fronts—the standoff over Iran’s nuclear program and terrorist attacks by Iranian… Read More
SecurityAnalysis
Remembering Churchill on 75th Anniversary of Prophetic ‘Iron Curtain’ Speech
On March 5, 1946, former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill issued a warning to the West in his famous “Iron Curtain” speech. In Fulton, Missouri,… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Rare Earth Elements Aren’t That Rare, but They’re Vital to National Security
For one-third of the price of one F-35 Lightning II, the Pentagon made a key investment to ensure its supply of rare earth elements. The… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Navy Task Force’s Report on Diversity Challenges Misses Its Mark
Like many other Americans, I watched events of this past summer in horror as violence roiled our streets from Seattle to Atlanta and its inevitable… Read More
SecurityCommentary
China’s War With the World
Americans get to elect their presidents. Not so in China. We may have moved from the 45th commander in chief to the 46th, and the… Read More
SecurityCommentary
It’s Time to Engage Allies to Protect Defense Supply Chains
In World War II, the United States became known as “the arsenal of democracy” and has filled that role ever since, with a robust defense… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Arms Control Policy Under Biden Not Off to a Good New START
News that President Joe Biden intends to seek a five-year extension of the New START agreement with Russia is disappointing, to say the least. New… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Will Biden Place Political Correctness Ahead of Military Readiness on Transgender Policy?
At his Tuesday confirmation hearing, President Joe Biden’s nominee to be secretary of defense, retired Gen. Lloyd Austin, asked about service by transgendered people in… Read More
