by Heidi Boghosian Starting on Thursday, July 18, with ripple effects for days afterward, a routine software update caused a record-breaking freeze across much of the world. CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity […]
Tag: national security
TikTok ban Congress’ latest moral panic
by Stephen L. Carter We are living in the age of moral panic. We look around, we see a problem, and we rush to outlaw something. Ban TikTok! cry members […]
Defending our own interests
by Steven Roberts America must not abandon Ukraine. Congressional Republicans who are blocking President Biden’s request for another $61 billion in aid to Kyiv are making a deeply dangerous mistake. […]
Can Americans have a not-racist conversation about border security?
by LZ Granderson I don’t understand the stripe of Americans whose first response to Hamas’ recent attack on Israel is “yeah, but ….” Hundreds of attendees at a music festival […]
Attacks on democracy hinder national security
Israelis have likened the brutal assault from Gaza to the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. “At Dawn We Slept” was a title of a book about that intelligence failure. As […]
Military recruiting woes a security crisis
by James Stavridis America’s armed services are failing to meet their recruiting goals, with the Army in particular suffering the worst shortfalls in five decades. There are many reasons behind […]
Looking up, looking down
While the military is focused on foreign objects flying over American and Canadian territory, a more disturbing threat to our national security is occurring on the ground. Federal, state and […]
TikTok needs to leave these shores
I’ve wiled away the half-hours on TikTok, time I’ll never get back. I won’t say there haven’t been moments. I’ve seen some super breakdancing, useful cleaning tricks and a cat […]




