The Ultimate High Ground, The American Legion Magazine, 7.1.10
Defending the ultimate high ground is not a matter of science fiction in the far-off future. It’s a matter of national security in the here and now.

General Frustration, FrontPage Mgazine, 6.23.10
The general is a human being under enormous stress, and he said things and implied things that he simply shouldn’t have said or implied. That’s not to say he doesn’t have a right to think them, but he definitely shouldn’t say them, especially not in the presence of the press.

A Disappointing National Security Strategy, The Mark 6.9.10
Regrettably, President Obama’s NSS glosses over some of the most serious threats, confuses domestic issues for matters of national security and largely fails to present a real roadmap for navigating the world’s many danger zones, opting instead for diplomatic bromides and observations of the obvious.

A Very Big Ten, TCSDaily, 5.27.10
As participants in, and contributors to, the constantly evolving free market, collegiate athletic conferences like the Big Ten are recognizing that they have to move and evolve to survive. And the Big Ten and other big-time athletic conferences have been evolving for many decades.

Calling up the (Oil) Reserves, The Landing Zone, 5.14.10
The president says tapping domestic oil reserves will help ensure that America is no longer "tethered to the whims" Middle Eastern dictators. It's about time.

History Lesson, Military Officer, 4.1.10
The notion that America was, once upon a time, content to isolate itself from the world is more fiction than fact. We need to keep this in mind as our military wages war and keeps the peace "over there."



Obama: The Bush Doctrine 2.0, World Politics Review, 3.31.10
Obama is learning that the high ground disappears when the campaign ends and the governing begins, leaving a new president on common ground with his predecessor.

Buried Treasure, The Lookout, 3.7.10
It may be most accurate to say that while the kingdom can live in us—because the King can live in our hearts—we do not yet live in the kingdom. Even so, we can catch glimpses of the kingdom to come. Even better, we can and should do things to prepare the way for the kingdom.

Change, Continuity or Both? Fraser Forum, 3.1.10
After campaigning on promises to withdraw from Iraq, “finish the fight against al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan,” build a diplomatic coalition against nuclear proliferation, “curb Russian aggression,” and stand up for “the blogger in Iran,” President Barack Obama has learned that conducting US foreign policy is more difficult than simply critiquing it.


It Is I, byFaith, Winter 2009
Three little words make an enormous difference for us.



Surrendering Outer Space, 8.1.09/9.1.09
What if, in the midst of the epic contest to explore and colonize the New World, Britain — the greatest seafaring power of its day — had to mothball its naval fleet and rely on other countries to transport British men and material across the oceans? This much we know: With British subjects, ideas, and goods tethered to a little island off the coast of Europe, Britain and the world would be very different today. Something not too dissimilar is about to happen in the heavens, as the United States prepares to retire its fleet of space shuttles.



Obama Learns Foreign Disagreements Come with Presidency, 7.14.09
The hard-line Bush administration didn’t make the world’s rogues more defiant, just as the “grip and grin” Obama administration cannot make them more compliant.