The NY Times reported this week that the TSA is going to gather more information on you before you even get to the airport, including details in private and government databases — all in secret and with no oversight. On my America Weekend show, I discussed this expansion of government powers and continuing invasion of […]
Andrew Bacevich knows about war, having fought in Vietnam and serving as an officer for 23 years before retiring as a Colonel. He was on my America Weekend show today to talk about his new book, “Breach Of Trust: How Americans Failed Their Soldiers and Their Country.” He explained why it’s not enough to say […]
Now that the US and Russia have agreed on a plan to gather up Syria’s chemical weapons, what will they do with them? As Peter Weber of TheWeek.com explained on my America Weekend show, destroying them is a lot harder than it sounds. Listen to our conversation here.
Why would President Bashar Al-Assad use chemical weapons against Syrians? That’s the question I posed to Alistair Smith, co-author of “The Dictator’s Handbook,” on my America Weekend show. We discussed what Assad’s motivation was, whether it was worth risking the wrath of the US (if not the world), whether dictators can maintain power without outside […]
For the last 2 days on the radio, I’ve been talking about the eventuality of the US sending cruise missiles into Syria (yes, I think Obama will get the authority from Congress), and still have lots of questions: Why is killing 1,429 people with sarin gas so much worse than killing 100,000 with conventional weapons? […]
I’m not bothered by the photo of Senator John McCain playing poker on his iPhone during yesterday’s Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing about Syria. I’ve never been to a hearing on Capitol Hill, but I’m sure they drag on and on. Still, this wasn’t a discussion of how much money to spend on sending wheat […]