Our once-was, soon-to-be-again President of this great land has proffered the idea that the Gulf of Mexico should be renamed the "Gulf of America." This proposal, at the dawn of yet another "America First" era, raises the question of what other geographic names need to be changed?
Thirty years later, the ghosts of Tiananmen continue to haunt. In this era of renewed competition and confrontation, we must be clear-eyed in understanding who we are dealing with.
When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for people to dissolve the significant ties which have connected them to a certain tech…
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Like many of the men elected to the Presidency of the United States, George Herbert Walker Bush came from privilege. His father was the…
Within the larger controversy of the recent deployment of more than 5,000 active duty military personnel to our southwest border, a chorus of disingenuous voices…
Colin Kaepernick, quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, chose to deliberately sit while the National Anthem was played at the start of a preseason game…
As an active-duty naval officer, writing a blog that discusses citizenship and politics during an election year can be fraught with peril. It is…
On July 5th, Alton Sterling was shot and killed in Louisiana by Baton Rogue police as they had him pinned to the ground. The…
A few weeks ago, my daughter asked me a really fascinating question: “You said the colonies started the American Revolution because they were being taxed…
On Thursday, the citizens of the United Kingdom chose, by a slim majority, to withdrawal from the European Union. Prime Minister David Cameron agreed to…
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