Opinion
How to not win wars
Setting public deadlines, exit strategies, and casualty limits is a time-honored way to lose wars.
News
2nd Fort Bragg soldier dies over weekend in Iranian conflict
Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, 30, of Fayetteville, was killed in action during a controlled detonation of a downed One-Way Unmanned Aerial System on July 19, at Erbil Air Base, Iraq.
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Fort Bragg soldier killed in Iranian attack
A Fort Bragg soldier from Hawaii was among two US Army service members killed during an Iranian missile and drone attack on a US air base in Jordan, the Department of Defense announced Monday.
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Budd leads group of senators demanding answers about suspected ISIS terrorists arrested in US
US Sen. Ted Budd, R-NC, is among a group of 21 senators demanding answers from Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas after eight suspected terrorists from Tajikistan with ties to ISIS were arrested last week in a sting operation in Los Angeles, New York, and Philadelphia.
Opinion
Dan Bishop wins Twitter with thread on Omnibus spending, and other outrageous stories
For the featured “outrageous story” of the week, we direct our attention to the crazy spending being proposed in the Senate’s omnibus spending bill, specifically, we look at N.C. Republican Congressman Dan Bishop’s viral thread drawing the public’s attention to it. As of the posting of this article, there were over 28,000 retweets and 92,000...
News
Lively Battle For GOP Nomination In 2nd Congressional District
Incumbent U.S. Reps. Renee Ellmers and George Holding share many core beliefs about what ails America, and offer similar solutions for some of those ills. But they are highlighting their differences in the 2nd Congressional District Republican primary on June 7 in which they will face off with challenger Greg Brannon, a Cary obstetrician. Holding currently...
News
2016 Election Bound to Produce More Excitement
The 2016 presidential election campaign already has generated plenty of excitement. Veteran presidential campaign reporter John Gizzi expects more.
News
Friday Interview: The War on Terror
RALEIGH — In today’s Friday interview the John Locke Foundation’s Mitch Kokai discusses the War on Terror with retired Lt. Gen. Thomas McInerney, senior Fox News military analyst and co-author of the book Endgame: The Blueprint for Victory on the War on Terror. The interview aired on Carolina Journal Radio (click here to find the station near you).
Opinion
Freedom Writers, Not
Paul Chesser observes that three major newspapers played down a Middle East development showing that President Bush's policy of promoting democracy in the region is taking root.
Opinion
Right War at the Right Time
Faced with a regime trying to kill your troops, train and finance your terrorist enemies, develop dangerous bio-weapons, and block the march of freedom, would you invade and overthrow it?
Opinion
Why Are Countries Poor?
The explanation for international differences in personal income cannot be found in race, geography, or imperial history. According to the available data, the answer is freedom — the more you have, well, the more you have.
