Opinion
How to not win wars
Setting public deadlines, exit strategies, and casualty limits is a time-honored way to lose wars.
Opinion
Thank you, North Carolina, for saving the lives of veterans in crisis
Thanking a veteran for his or her service to our country is nice, yes. But the needs of the veteran community across the country are more dire than a pleasantry and platitude: it is urgent, and we must put action behind gratitude. Thankfully, the state government of North Carolina has created true courses of action...
Opinion
Out of harm’s way: No way to run US Armed Forces
In a women’s varsity soccer conference tournament, Cary High School lost 3-0 to Apex. During the regular season, Cary had tied Apex 1-1, then beat Apex 1-0. I have figured out why Cary lost in this final match-up. I listened to Cary Coach Norcus’ talk with his team at half time: “Okay, women, I’m going...
Opinion
Flashback: On American Exceptionalism
In a more general sense, Americans differ from Europeans on the balance between respecting liberty and guaranteeing incomes.
Opinion
American Exceptionalism, By The Numbers
In a more general sense, Americans differ from Europeans on the balance between respecting liberty and guaranteeing incomes.
Opinion
No. 755: Tired of Losing? Americans Must Stay the Course
America's losers lull themselves into a false sense of security and infect others with a warped view of terrorism.
Opinion
How Bush Gets Beat in
A new North Carolina poll shows what the national ones do: Bush's numbers are falling. The competitive 2004 election cycle could go either way.
Opinion
Simon Says: No More Gray
An inexperienced Republican conservative upstart has upset the liberal establishment big-city mayor in the California GOP Primary for governor. Was it this week ... or 1966 when the upstart was named Ronald Reagan?
Opinion
The Independent, Weakly
Carolina Journal publisher John Hood takes the left-wing Independent Weekly newspaper of Durham to task for running a gross opinion column equating the war of Afghanistan with rape.
Opinion
All Washed Up, Figuratively
Will North Carolina radicals who signed an anti-war diatribe from a communist-front group apologize for their embarrassing predictions about Afghanistan? Don’t hold your breath, says John Hood.
