New Orleans
Former Michigan guardsmen detained for planning Islamic State-inspired attack on military base
On May 13, Ammar Abdulmajid-Mohamed Said, 19, a former member of the Michigan Army National Guard, was detained for planning a mass casualty attack on the United States Army’s Tank-Automotive...
Op-eds
Kneecap get kneecapped
This is the game the band decided to play. If it didn’t know that spectacle can be your undoing, as well as your ticket to a golden future, they do now.
Op-eds
Amid Syria troop reduction, will Trump repeat Middle East withdrawal mistakes?
Cameron McMillan and Bradley Bowman of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies argue in this op ed that getting out of Syria too quickly could leave the US vulnerable.
Op-eds
Recent arrests of Islamic State sympathizers highlight persistent threats to US
In the early morning hours of January 1, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old Army veteran from Houston, drove his rented truck into a crowd of revelers on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, killing...
Op-eds
Coming to America
It’s not just mass illegal immigration that poses a threat
Op-eds
More Than 1,000 Terror Attacks in West Bank and Jerusalem Thwarted in 2024
Shin Bet Discloses Increase in Thwarted Attempts, Decrease in Realized Terror Attacks: Israel’s internal security agency, the Shin Bet, prevented 1,040 significant terror attacks...
Flash Briefs
An Afghanistan war veteran and an active duty servicemember conduct separate domestic attacks on New Year’s Day
On January 1, 2025, two US citizens conducted separate attacks in New Orleans, Louisiana, and Las Vegas, Nevada. Fifteen people were killed and dozens injured after a terrorist who had declared membership...
Op-eds
Chill out about global warming
The evidence doesn’t establish that it’s ‘the existential threat’
Op-eds
Torture TV
The Case for Sanctions on the Islamic Republic of Iran’s State-Run Media
Monographs
Where Are the Corporate Patriots?
Regarding China, U.S. companies should step up and do their part to protect national security.
Op-eds
Iran Is *Really* Good at Evading Sanctions
Ever since Iran’s clandestine nuclear weapons program was first exposed in 2002, efforts to convince Tehran to abandon the program have focused on two strategies. One is diplomacy and dialo...
Op-eds
Sanctions On Iran: How Washington Can End The Game Of ‘Catch Me If You Can’
Since the European Union announced a new round of sanctions over Iran’s nuclear program last October, it has enacted new measures and an imp...
Op-eds
Guinea: In Search of a Soft Landing
Guinea cannot seem to catch a break. In 1958, it was the only French colony to opt for an immediate break with France rather than continued association with Paris leading to gradual inde...
Op-eds
Wake Up to Iran’s Dark Dream to Disable U.S.
Which world leader is on record musing about "a world without America" — a goal he calls "attainable"? Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Until recently, it was possible to bel...
Op-eds
Tocqueville on American Character
In 1831, Alexis De Tocqueville, a twenty-six-year-old French aristocrat, spent nine months travelling across the United States. From the East Coast to the frontier, from the Canadian border to Ne...
Op-eds
Two Years To Charge Rep. William Jefferson?
Well here's the late-breaking news: Congressman William Jefferson is a scoundrel. The Justice Department finally took its victory lap last Monday, announcing the long-awaited -- I w...
Op-eds
The Politically Correct vs. the Politically Ridiculous
No heroes in the port drama.
Op-eds
Preparation or Prevention?
Americans are distressed that the government was ill-prepared to quickly assist disaster victims in New Orleans. But here's a fact that should trouble us more: The government could have aver...
Op-eds
Flooded but Unbowed
It feels like months. But for just over a week Americans have been staring into the nightmare of New Orleans and asking each other what it means. It means we were unprepared. It means recriminati...