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The Real Cost of National Security
In the United States, politicians and statesmen continually remind the public that America is the greatest country in the world. However, in spite of these pervasive beliefs, the United States consistently lags behind European and Asian countries in education, public health, infant mortality, and other standards of social and economic strength, exposing the stark contrast…
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“There Are No Atheists in Foxholes”
BY CHARLOTTE JONES We’ve all heard the popularized WWII aphorism; “There are no atheists in foxholes.” But has that changed in the past sixty years? Is it possible that there are indeed atheists in the military and that they are beginning to be accepted and acknowledged as a demographic unto themselves? As of October 25th…
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Too Fast, Too Soon: Afghanistan After Withdrawal
The United States invaded Afghanistan in the fall of 2001 to kill Osama Bin Laden and to overthrow the Taliban regime, because it was hosting al-Qaeda elements. This was the U.S. objective. Now, bin Laden is dead—thanks to the U.S. Navy Seals—and the Taliban movement has been greatly weakened. Freedom was a foreign concept in…
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In Defense of Defense
As Thanksgiving approaches, the minds of Americans turn to thoughts of turkey, family, football, and the crippling national debt. While Europe continues to have its goose cooked, a secretive congressional “super-committee” (composed chiefly of super-partisans) is supposedly scurrying to complete a budget deficit plan before a Thanksgiving deadline. If they do not reach a consensus…
