Trump Is Inviting Strategic Disaster In Central Asia

“Who lost Afghanistan?” could become a painful question for an unpopular president.

On Shootings At Fort Hood And The Era Of Suicide Attacks

I’d rather take this opportunity to write about the history of gun violence in and around Fort Hood, because I was there for some of it, and it feels important to talk about it today.

Play “Spot The Muslim”

The FOX News fear factory keeps endorsing “profiling” as a sensible, small-government alternative to the TSA. It’s a useful narrative: not only does it excuse the idiotic bigotry of stupid expectations and keep unreasoning fear alive, it also lets Juan Williams and Geraldo Rivera point at their own minority status while doing so. It’s another […]

Cheneys Are Exactly Wrong

The first Guanatanamo detainee civilian trial has begun. The defense is simple: Defense attorney Steve Zissou, however, described Ghailani as an unwitting “dupe” for al-Qaida. His client, he said, “ran errands” for longtime friends he believed were legitimate businessmen – not terrorists. Unlike others involved in the plot, Ghailani “did not go to training camps. […]

Anwar al-Awlaki Is A Traitor Who Has Earned His Death

That is all, or ought to be. But others feel differently: Logically, I would expect that if the government has evidence compelling enough to justify assassinating (or imprisoning forever) an American citizen, the government would prove its case in court. In the world where someone has time and opportunity to capture the man and put […]