Obama picked right gamble in Afghanistan
This editorial will appear in tomorrow’s print edition. Big decisions are risky decisions. President Obama took the right risks at West Point on Tuesday when he outlined his plans for a troop surge in...
View ArticleEight years later, dots still unconnected
Eight years later, dots still unconnected. In a mere week and a half, the Obama administration’s line on the Christmas Day terror attempt has undergone a remarkable evolution. The weekend before last,...
View ArticleSmall-timers: The new face of terrorism?
This editorial will appear in tomorrow’s print edition. Terrorism and competence don’t always coincide, thank goodness. Whoever was behind it, the attempted car bombing in New York’s Times Square last...
View ArticleAnother far-too-close call with airborne explosives
This editorial will appear in tomorrow’s print edition. Americans have been in a roaring argument with each other all year about the future course of the country. But last week brought a chilling...
View ArticleOn trial: Terrorists, courts and military tribunals
This editorial will appear in tomorrow’s print edition. As a matter of political reality, President Obama’s hopes of trying high-value Guantanamo terror suspects in civilian courts probably died...
View ArticleFor Osama bin Laden, no more human sacrifices
This editorial will appear in tomorrow’s print edition. One of the most telling details reported from the U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden on Sunday was the human shield. The female human shield....
View ArticleLegal martyrdom for an ‘American’ terror leader
This editorial will appear in tomorrow’s print edition. As a couple Supreme Court justices and others have noted, the Constitution is not a suicide pact. It doesn’t require the president to passively...
View ArticleHelping lawmakers get re-elected isn’t Army’s mission
This editorial will appear in Tuesday’s print edition. Many members of Congress stumping for re-election back in their districts decry government spending and those awful earmarks. Except (wink, wink)...
View ArticleA new kind of terrorism on American soil
This editorial will appear in Tuesday’s print edition. Anyone who thinks the war on terror is something less than a war should take a better look at the images out of Boston on Monday. Innocent runners...
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