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For those people in this country who do not wish to live under a religious dictatorship, here is a workable approach to stop it. The critical wedge of Islamic law (Sharia) must be prevented from becoming public policy. One recent example is the religious edict (Fatwah) in Minnesota that discriminates against those... »

One of the mixed benefits of a long-term interest in history is the eventual recognition of the recurring theme of the struggle of those who would increase the intrinsic value of an individual human being over the fierce objections of those who seek to continue dominating and/or subjugating them using their favorite selection from... »

As a great many people remain in denial over the coming of nuclear weapons to totalitarian states, it is with the unspoken and ill-considered proviso that a few nuclear weapons held by distant radical counties cannot really harm the vastness of the United States.   What follows is an description of a type of nuclear attack... »

If possible, it is always better to learn from the failure of others.  Whether in business, politics or war this axiom holds true.   What we have today is such an opportunity and it will be very expensive to ignore.   The lesson to be learned is that state-supported Islamist terrorists have placed a premium on gaining the... »

Within all of the media discussions of the limited engagement that the Israelis have launched in Lebanon there is now a broader dawning of recognition for the Iranian-Syrian nexus of finance and command and control over Hezbollah-Hamas.  But there is one critical issue that seems to have been overlooked.    Chemical weapons in the hands of... »

Our Special Forces units at Fort Bragg have long been the premier resource for anti-terrorism training for a host of services and programs, but they are being stripped of that mission so that a demonstrably unprepared and unqualified military branch can (again) be assigned to reinvent the wheel. This will happen no... »