Finally, the discriminatory policy of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell is gone. Gays and lesbians now can serve their country openly in the armed forces. My prediction: there will be a tiny number of well-publicized problems here and there, but for the most part, nothing will happen, and in a few years we will be wondering [...]

The New York Times has been running leaked information about the war in Afghanistan, and–surprise!–it’s not going as well as the administration would like you to believe. What a shock. The administration was quick to point out that none of the information contained in the leaks was exactly new, which is true. Critics of publishing [...]

It’s clearly time to end the ludicrous “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy that allowed gays to serve their country only if they hid their sexual preference. The nation has moved on, but the military, evidently, hasn’t. They want to kick the can down the road with a year-long “study” of the potential effects of ending [...]

President Obama announced the other day that he is still studying his options before committing more troops to the war in Afghanistan. None of his options are all that appealing. Afghanistan is starting to look eerily like Vietnam: a weak, corrupt government, an entrenched and resolute enemy, difficult terrain, and a lack of popular support [...]