Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:09:05 +0000 – By Kathleen Troia “K.T.” McFarlandCommentator/Former National Security Official Editor’s note: Sent from New York City at 10 p.m. ET Forget Keith Olbermann, or Rachel Maddow, or Wolf Blitzer. They scoffed and sneered and stuck up their noses at the Tea Parties But the …
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As Congress grapples with the budget deficit and debt ceiling, some are eyeing the Defense and Intelligence budgets hungrily. There is no doubt they will be cut, and perhaps cut substantially. But anyone who thinks they can balance the budget on the back of defense is wrong; there is not …
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Poor Defense Secretary Hagel. Hired and fired in just one term. I’m not surprised. When he got the job I warned that he was the wrong pick, because he didn’t have good relations with Congress to sell the president’s unpopular agenda on Capitol Hill, or the credibility necessary to sell …
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Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:00:09 +0000 – By Dana R. FisherAssociate Professor, Department of Sociology, Columbia University Today, Barak Obama will be sworn in as the 44th President of the United States. Riding the wave of a campaign that followed the model of a populist movement, the Obama presidency has …
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Sixty-six years ago was the high water mark of global disapproval of xenophobia, and racial and religious discrimination. On December 10, 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and then gave Eleanor Roosevelt a standing ovation for her leading role.Today, this statement of principle …
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With controversy swirling over gun control and public safety, that fact that it’s possible for regular people to design and 3D print gun parts at home has become a matter of great public concern. Recent years have seen a proliferation of personal-scale manufacturing systems, such as homemade 3D printers, desktop …
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Editor’s note: A version of this column originally appeared in Fox News Opinion on September 11, 2011. Everybody has their own unique before and after September 11 story, and how the attacks changed their lives. Here’s mine. Today, I am the National Security Analyst for Fox News but fourteen years …
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When former Vice President Kamala Harris announced that she would not be running for California governor, she appeared to leave the door open to another shot at the White House in 2028. However, the real Democratic contender to watch is not Harris. Rather – implausible as it may seem to …
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Monday marksthe100th anniversary of Margaret Thatcher’s birth – an occasion that brings together leadersandsupporters from acrosstheAtlantic to pay tribute to her life. We attheRonaldReaganPresidentialFoundation&Instituteare honored to participate inthecelebration, an occasion that also invites us to reflect on her legacyandconnection withRonaldReaganinthecontext of our modern era. Namely, what made her partnership with …
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As someone whose life’s work is helping small businesses navigate our nation’s complex tax system, I have witnessed firsthand how the Internal Revenue Service has become an outsized force that too often targets those least equipped to fight back. While the agency has long maintained that its enforcement efforts are …
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