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• The Day After We Forgot March 12, 2026
  The skies were empty. It was calm, savagely serene. There was an ominous foreboding in the wind. None of us knew what to do, but we knew nothing would ever be the same when the dust settled. It’s easy to reflect on that day of days. I imagine for those who were born after the […]
  Stan Lake
• When Strategy Becomes Power March 12, 2026
  In a previous article, I broke down the National Security Strategy (NSS), which serves as the document that sets the President’s vision for America’s role in the world. The NSS answers the big questions: • What are America’s core interests?• What are the primary threats?• What principles guide our engagement abroad? The National Defense Strategy […]
  Daniel Dodds
• Beyond the Classroom Door March 12, 2026
  “When is she going to be here?” That was Asher’s endlessly repeated question on Friday. Asher and his kindergarten classmates had Friday off from school. I had spoken to the mother of one of the girls in Asher’s class a few days before, and the mom had suggested that her daughter and Asher have a […]
  Frank Pauc
• The Alliance of Cowards March 11, 2026
  There is nothing quite as moving as the modern Western alliance in action, if by “in action” you mean standing in a tasteful semicircle, issuing sternly worded statements, and searching frantically for a lectern tall enough to hide the lower half of their cowardice. The ugly truth at the center of this whole circus is […]
  Tammy Pondsmith
• Are We Not Going to Talk About the Chinese Biolabs in Las Vegas? March 11, 2026
  Last week, a quiet residential street in northeast Las Vegas became the focus of a federal investigation with national security implications. Law enforcement executed a search warrant on a home after receiving a tip that a potential biological laboratory was operating out of what appeared to be a normal suburban garage. Clandestine labs are nothing […]
  Charles Faint