Opinion
How to not win wars
Setting public deadlines, exit strategies, and casualty limits is a time-honored way to lose wars.
News
Global turmoil threatens fertilizer supply chain
Fertilizer prices have risen, placing farmers under continued pressure. Some ag experts suggest maximizing the US sourcing.
Opinion
The tariffs are harming national security, not just our economy
As a result of the tariffs, North Carolinians pay more in taxes and face a shrinking market for their exports, while China and its allies have become more resilient.
Opinion
North Carolina should prepare for cuts
We have already entered a new Cold War with a new Axis, and policymakers inside and outside Washington need to understand fully its implications.
Opinion
Can China truly displace the US as superpower?
Many years ago I had a conversation with a professor at the London School of Economics, that remains fresh in my mind to this day. “In addition to learning French, my son is also learning Mandarin,” said the gentleman. “After all, with the way the world is going, we will all be speaking Mandarin soon....
Opinion
Abandoning allies like Ukraine & Taiwan would ultimately be more costly for NC
At least 1,600 Ukrainian refugees have settled in North Carolina since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine. We’ve also paid, in federal taxes, our own share of the military and humanitarian aid to this ally in need, not to mention all our charitable donations. During the last three days of September, Congress passed a 45-day...
Opinion
ISIS might not be biggest threat
Since 2001 Americans have been focused on the danger of radical Islamic terrorism. Samuel Huntington calls the current conflict part of a broader “clash of civilizations,” one in which al-Qaida, ISIS, and others wish to destroy our culture and ideas. But it is difficult to see this threat as existential, even if it does give...
Opinion
Obama Insider Envisions Community Organizing In Islamic World
A former senior diplomat say President Obama's foreign policy was more focused on winning public opinion polls than enhancing U.S. interests in the world.
Opinion
The Deadly Road to Baghdad
Iraq has seen more than its share of war over millennia of recorded history. But as America prepares to invade, this time war may be accompanied by freedom and rebirth in the cradle of civilization.
Opinion
A World Not at Peace
We are at the beginning of a long, and possibly dangerous, campaign against Islamic extremism and fascism, says John Hood.
