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A Threat of Our Own Making
By Alan W. Dowd SEPTEMBER 2019— Maj. Gen. Malcom Frost calls it “the next existential threat” facing us. This threat is not a resurgent Russia, an emerging China or a revived al Qaeda. Inst...
A Feminist Capitalist Professor Under Fire
Philadelphia When Camille Paglia was an “obnoxious adolescent” of 15, she had what she describes as “this huge fight with a nun” in upstate New York. Ms. Paglia, 72, remembers the incident ...
A Progressive Defends Liberal Education
We feel the coolness of the mornings now. The school year has begun. Students are entering or returning to colleges and universities with a busy buzz of hope and anticipation. The only way to begin...
A Defense Budget for Cold War 2.0
By Alan W. Dowd AUGUST 2019—It may seem incongruent, on the heels of a budget deal that will pour $738 billion into the Armed Forces, to argue that Washington is depriving the Pentagon of vital...
Putin orders reciprocal Russian response to U.S. missile test
Photo: © Reuters/SPUTNIK Russia’s President Putin chairs a meeting with members of the Security Council in Moscow...
US warship sails through Taiwan Strait after Chinese officials canceled its Hong Kong port visit
Photo: © Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images USS Green Bay...
North Korea calls Pompeo ‘diehard toxin,’ says ready for dialogue or standoff with U.S.
Photo: © Reuters/POOL North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho visits Beijing...
U.S. Says China Is Blocking Trillions in Oil and Gas, Will Send Navy for Asia Drills
Photo: © China Geological Survey/Ministry of Land and Resources Chinese survey vessel Haiyang Dizhi 8 conducts research on behalf of the Guangzhou Marine Geological Survey in this photo shared Ju...
Trump administration proposes longer-term detention of migrant families
Photo: © Johan Ordonez/AFP/Getty Images) Part of 120 deported migrants arrive at the Air Force Base in Guatemala City on Aug. 20 as the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) acting...
At least 27 people have been arrested over threats to commit mass attacks since the El Paso and Dayton shootings
Photo: © WFMJWhen authorities arrived Friday to arrest a 15-year-old in Florida after threats to commit a school shooting showed up on a video game platform, he told them he was joking, they said....
Putin says deadly military blast occurred during weapons system test
Photo: © Reuters/LEHTIKUVA Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a joint news conference with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto in the Presidental Palace in Helsinki...
CNBC Venezuela’s Maduro confirms secret high-level talks with US officials
Photo: © Provided by CNBC LLC Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro delivers a speech during a pro-government rally against US sanctions in Caracas on August 10, 2019....