Liberty
Clear majority of Americans fear nuclear war
Terry Jones writes for Issues and Insights about a disturbing new poll result. Americans have lived with the threat of nuclear war for more than seven decades, yet the deadly…
Deterrence theory
Research Brief
Law & Public Safety
Solving North Carolina’s Crime Problem: Part One
North Carolinians are worried about crime, and with good reason. Crime levels spiked in 2020 and 2021 and remain significantly higher than in previous years. Clearance rates, on the other…
Law & Public Safety
Peace Through Strength
Matt Ridley posted a video that perfectly illustrates my preferred approach to foreign policy: Amazing: a termite track (top) and an ant track (bottom) • each travelling insect is protected…
Liberty
A new meaning for Star Wars
Bill Gertz of the Washington Free Beacon describes the Pentagon’s preparations for potential warfare in space. The Pentagon is preparing for war should China, Russia, or other adversaries attack vital…
Law & Public Safety
The nuclear club
Victor Davis Hanson uses his latest National Review Online column to ponder the rules governing access to nuclear weapons. [U]ntil the official nuclearization of North Korea in 2006, the nuclear…
Liberty
War of words versus actual war
Despite the escalating rhetoric between President Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, National Review Online columnist David French does not expect a military confrontation. [M]any Americans are understandably nervous,…
Liberty
More concerns about U.S. nuclear weapons capability
Natalie Johnson of the Washington Free Beacon details top generals’ concerns about the U.S. military’s system of nuclear deterrence. The U.S. military is relying on zero-hour modernization to maintain its…
Liberty
Whose Lives Matter in Chicago?
An unsettling post at the American Interest looks at Chicago’s shocking murder stats and comes to some provocative conclusions: Over Labor Day weekend, Chicago saw its 500th murder, making 2016 the city’s…
Liberty
National Review editor pans president’s policy proposal on nukes
If you don’t think President Obama can do much more damage before he leaves office early next year, Rich Lowry of National Review asks you to reconsider. President Barack Obama…
Regulation
Epstein examines little-known facts in the gun control debate
Richard Epstein has looked beyond the rhetoric in the gun control debate and sets out the facts in a new column for the Hoover Institution’s “Defining Ideas.” It is equally…
Liberty
Hanson examines the impact of Obama’s ’empty bluster’
Victor Davis Hanson argues in his latest National Review Online column that President Obama’s reliance on rhetoric alone does not bode well for future dealings with Russia and China. The…
Liberty
Hanson describes a form of ‘T-ball war’
Victor Davis Hanson‘s latest column at National Review Online documents the problems associated with a modern approach to war that he compares to a children’s game. Wars then are prevented…