U.S. Policy

Below is Dr. William Fortschen's  presentation of preparations to survive an electromagnetic pulse. Forstchen, author of the bestseller One Second After, spoke at  the American Center for Democracy's symposium on "Energy, Space and Cyber … [Read more...] about “To Live or Not to Live” — Protecting Against EMP Attack

Could it be that the numbing financial and economic crisis engendered by divided government in Washington is returning the country to an authentic budget process? That piece of what may well be Pollyanna comes out of an examination of what has … [Read more...] about Stumbling Toward Financial Sanity?

Assad's chemical weapons that inspectors from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) - the latest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - are supposed to destroy are not as poisonous as the contagious Islamization of the Syrian … [Read more...] about The Jihadists’ Move on Syria

Below is Steven Chabinsky's presentation from the American Center for Democracy's symposium on "Energy, Space and Cyber Security-Current and Future Threats," on September 30, 2013. Chabinsky focuses on the variety of cyber vulnerability and on … [Read more...] about Cyber Survival: Why We’re Losing and What’s Needed to Win

One of the marvels this amateur historian has found musing over intellectual trends through a long life is how concepts float back and forth, as often as not taking on new meaning about which their contemporary utilizers haven't a clue. An … [Read more...] about Political Correctness: Picasso, Stalin, and ObamaCare

General Accountability Office NUCLEAR TERRORISM RESPONSE PLANS: Major Cities Could Benefit from Federal Guidance on Responding to Nuclear and Radiological Attacks, September 30, 2013 [Highlights] Many emergency managers from the 27 major cities … [Read more...] about GAO: U.S. Cities Not Ready for Nuclear Terrorism

Below is Col. "Coyote" Smith's presentation from the American Center for Democracy's symposium on "Energy, Space and Cyber Security-Current and Future Threats," on September 30, 2013. Col. Smith's enlightening and sobering presentation highlights the … [Read more...] about Welcome to the Age of Space and Cyber Warfare

This important study by Harold Rhode was first published in Agusut 2010. Rhode, former Defense Department official and Middle East scholar put together a prescient analysis of Iranian negotiating strategies. Iran's new president Hassan Rohani, who … [Read more...] about The Sources of Iranian Negotiating Behavior

Secretary of State John Kerry signed the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty against the clear wishes of the U.S. Senate-there were 51 votes against it last March. Now it will be important for the Senate to refuse to ratify this ill-advised treaty which … [Read more...] about No Executive Order Gun Control . . . Please!