President Trump stood before the UN General Assembly this week and threatened to “totally destroy” North Korea just as a new NPR poll suggested that three-quarters of the population are unaware that he has the sole authority to launch nuclear weapons. It should also come as no surprise that the public is in the dark […]
Early on August 30, 1945, a Japanese Army Captain escorted Fritz Bilfinger through a lunar streetscape…
Today, someone will learn they have cancer. Someone will be surprised to catch a cheating spouse.…
This analysis was featured in Critical State, a weekly newsletter from Inkstick Media and The…
The market for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) has exploded over the last decade in both the civilian and…
The war against the Islamic State (ISIS) appears to be coming to an end in Iraq. Americans are again talking about winning and starting to think about what comes next. But I can’t help but wonder if this is the same “victory” President Bush famously declared on the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln with […]
In 2018 Sherrilyn Ifill, president of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, wrote an important…
Conservative nationalism can’t compete with China. Over the past month, the Trump administration has…
Months of daily protests against systemic racism, and the white supremacy upon which this country was…
On the eve of the 20th anniversary of 9/11, the federal department created to defend the country against…
This analysis was featured in Critical State, a weekly newsletter from Inkstick Media and The…
At a time when the military is in a “war for talent,” ongoing instances of harassment and violence…
It seems like every week that goes by, another heavy wrench is thrown into US-China relations. Washington…
Several weeks ago, as protesters filled the streets of America, President Trump took his now-infamous…