Today in 1834, Andrew Jackson becomes the first President to use federal troops to quell labor unrest when the banks of the Potomac burst into violence when workers on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal rioted. We don’t permit that any more. But...
One of the reasons the US has been able to dominate the world of combat is that we also dominate in the world of computers. Well, China is really in the game, and, at least for much of 2011 will dominate the market. We are building two 20-petaflop...
The retiring chief of US Air Force intelligence says that our Air Force no longer has the weapons (aircraft) to ensure the our nation controls the skies in any conflict–air supremacy. He says that while we have cut back in development of...
President Obama has made it clear that until Iran toes-the-line and gets in line with UN declarations on nuclear weapons, Iran will be isolated. Problem: words don’t do anything unless they’re accompanied by actions, and Obama’s...
This past Monday the Secretary of Defense announced that the future US Navy may well not have any submarines. It seems we can’t afford them. This while China (for sure) and Russia (maybe) are growing their sub fleets. Don’t you feel...
“When it came to China, President Obama’s famous powers of persuasion failed to persuade,” wrote Barbara Demick in the Los Angeles Times. “Not only is the U.S. president coming away without definable concessions, but the...
Meirong Wang was born in and attending college in China; as she was finishing her degree and looking forward to teaching high school physics she had the opportunity to travel to the US. Once she was here she decided to stay; she wasn’t renouncing...
Georgia Arms is the 5th largest retailer of .223 ammo in America. They normally buy spent brass from the US Department of Defense. Spent brass is “one time used” shell cases used by our Military for training purposes. br /br /They buy...