Tag Archives: freedom

DARPA’s Squad X Core brings tech innovations to infantry squads

DARPA’s new Squad X Core Technologies (SXCT) program aims to help dismounted infantry squads continue to achieve and maintain overwhelming tactical superiority over potential adversaries. (DARPA) Military ‘X-Men’ Squad X Core will take the amazing advanced capabilities in U.S. military…

Walker’s moment? Wisconsin governor builds on 2016 buzz, staffs up political operation

FILE: Jan. 24, 2015: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker at the Freedom Summit in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP) Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is having a moment. The two-term governor has in recent days emerged from a crowded field of potential 2016…

The good news that nobody knows

Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters leave the outskirts of Suruc, Turkey, towards the Turkey-Syria border, on the way to the Syrian city of Kobani, Friday, Oct. 31, 2014. The 10 peshmerga fighters from Iraq who entered the embattled northern Syrian town…

Marine Held in Mexico: If Congress can’t get Obama’s attention to free Tahmooressi, We the People must

When justifying the release of five vicious Taliban terrorists detained at “Gitmo” in exchange for U.S. soldier Bowe Bergdahl, the president said, “We don’t leave our people behind.” He was subsequently accused of violating a law requiring him to notify…

Fourteen things to know for Passover 2014

1. When does Passover 2014 begin and how long does it last? Passover 2014 begins at sundown on Monday, April 14th. That is the date, this year, which corresponds to the 15th of Nissan, the day according to the Bible,…

The Pentagon’s Peacenick budget — what are they thinking?

No one should be surprised by the shriveled Defense Department budget request the Obama administration released Monday. Shrinking our military to basic impotence has been on the Obama agenda since he took office – and on the New Left political…

13 things you need to know for Passover 2013

1. When does Passover 2013 begin and how long does it last? Passover 2013 begins at sundown on Monday, March 25th. That is the date, this year, which corresponds to the 15th of Nissan, the day according to the Bible,…

Why respect is overrated

As a conflict resolution specialist with 20 years of experience facilitating peaceful talks between warring parties in the Middle East, Cuba, Sri Lanka, Colombia, and Northern Ireland, you’re probably surprised to hear that I think respect is overrated. Whenever I…

Biden needs to grow up before he grows older

Oct. 11, 2012: Joe Biden and Paul Ryan participate in the vice presidential debate. (AP/Reuters Pool) On Thursday night in Danville, Kentucky, Vice President Joe Biden demonstrated that he is not qualified to be a heartbeat away from the presidency.…

Get real, getting married before age 25 is not too young

Bride Satoko Inouye, 36, puts a ring on a finger of her groom Tomohiro Shibata 42, as I-Fairy, a four-foot tall seated robot, wearing a wreath of flowers, directs their wedding ceremony at a Tokyo restaurant Sunday, May 16, 2010.…