Opinion

Fires from a Kalashnikov pierce the night. It's a brief staccato explosion skyward, north of the bridge that divides two furious villages that have been at war with one another for more than 22 years. In order to stop the...

Top diplomat Andrei Kelin said in an interview with Sky's Mark Austin that he had given the British ambassador "information" showing that UK special forces were involved in a Ukrainian drone attack on Russia's Black Sea fleet in Crimea. When...

Tens of thousands of Iranians are protesting the theocracy that requires severe dress regulations for women after the death of Masha Amini, a 22-year-old lawyer who passed away while in the morality police's custody in Iran.  Police claimed that Amini...

The draft, as many have noted, violated an unwritten social agreement between Russian President Vladimir Putin and the populace, which called for political indifference in exchange for the provision of stable living conditions and, if not high, at least...

The Marine Corps has made the foolish decision to reduce structure and capability at a time when the demand for flexible, balanced forces from combatant commanders is rising.  To complete missions on both sides of the violence threshold and across...

Elliot Ackerman's superb narrative exposes all the good intentions, bad practices, and errors that contributed to the turmoil of collapse in 2021. The Fifth Act: America's End in Afghanistan by Elliot Ackerman is a succinct yet heartbreaking book with three...

Edward Meagher is a Vietnam service-disabled veteran who retired after 24 years in government, 26 years in the private sector, and four years in the U.S. Air Force.  He served for seven years as the deputy assistant secretary and deputy...

The "arsenal of democracy" has been cannibalized by the Pentagon for the past 30 years, with significant portions of our nation's industrial capability being eliminated and the remainder being allowed to decay.    The Department of Defense is well aware of...

The Camp Lejeune Justice Act enables people to file lawsuits and seek compensation for injuries they suffered as a result of being exposed to tainted water at Camp Lejeune between August 1, 1953, and December 31, 1987. Unfortunately, Camp Lejeune...

Like all citizens, those joining the military and taking on leadership roles are rapidly becoming products of these oppressive intellectual settings.  The absence of honest, civil, inclusive, and professional discourse is hurting the country. The quality of Marine's thinking ought...