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The real ‘Terminator:’ Robots compete in the 2015 DARPA Robotics Challenge

While “Terminator Genysis” brings back a fictional world ruled by robots to movie screens later this month, thanks to the U.S. military, the prospect of military robot military warfare became closer to reality thanks to the 2015 DARPA Robotics Challenge.…

Why I walked into the Sultan of Brunei’s Beverly Hills Hotel

Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah attends the formal session of the ASEAN-Republic of Korea Commemorative Summit in Busan, South Korea, Friday, Dec. 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, Pool) Last week I faced a tough decision. I was chosen to receive an…

North Korea blasts US over CIA report on torture in letter to UN

North Korea is demanding that the U.N. Security Council conduct “a thorough probe into the CIA torture crimes,” according to a letter obtained by Fox News. In the letter, addressed to the president of the Security Council on Monday, Ja…

My New Book – The End Of Authority: How A Loss Of Legitimacy And Broken Trust Are Endangering Our Future

Consider the state of the world today: in Washington, the Democratic and Republican parties finally agreed on a deal to raise the debt ceiling after Tea Party Republicans held the country hostage over their wild goose chase to defund ObamaCare,…

How to get serious about North Korea

Even experienced North Korea watchers are wondering if this time the annual Kabuki dance in which the country’s dictator threatens war in order to win more food and foreign currency concessions from us and the South Koreans, might not actually…

What We Need To Hear From Obama At The Inauguration

Photo credit: Wikipedia) This year’s inauguration day represents something far different from the one that took place four years ago. While we heard about hope and change from a first term President Obama we now know that this vision for…

A centrist Democrat’s view of the inauguration

The tone of the upcoming presidential inauguration is a far cry from the last. When President Obama was first inaugurated, we got uplifting rhetoric and the promise of hope and change that was proven, at best, to have been only…

Why The Trade Issue Matters On Election Day

With Election Day only 15 days away, it’s clear that economic issues will drive both President Obama and Governor Romney’s closing arguments. Despite unemployment dropping below 8 percent in the most recent jobs report, poll after poll shows that likely…

Hit the ‘Reset’ Button, Mr. President

By Fred Gedrich and Lt. Gen. Tom McInerney (ret.) The International Olympic Committee’s rejection of Chicago’s bid to host the 2016 Olympic Games is a sober reminder of President Obama’s personal diplomacy limitations. His shocking defeat in Copenhagen will pale…