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Delegates setting the resolutions for the Knights of Columbus (K of C) again voted to defend traditional marriage and the “sacredness of human life” at the group’s 129th Supreme Convention held in Denver this week .

On Monday I mused on a degree of lassitude evident in near-to-long-term defense planning, and at Small Wars Journal, Steven Metz of the Army War College goes

Read Marcy Wheeler for a blistering takedown of CIA Director Leon Panetta’s Washington Post op-ed yesterday. The short version of Panetta’s argument is that he

The National Rifle Association today informed Senate lawmakers that the group has very serious concerns with Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor’s ruling

So, according to Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the strategic goal of the Helmand river valley campaign is to disrupt and deny opium revenue to the insurgency.

Continuing the long twilight struggle to document President Obama’s chameleon-like ability to transmogrify into different cultures and religions simply by

Does a recessionary economy mean that workers must necessarily accept lower wages? Last week, The Wall Street Journal got a lot of attention for an article

A vote on Harold Koh’s nomination to be legal adviser to the State Department is scheduled for 4:10 p.m. Yesterday, after cloture passed on Koh, I asked Tony

According to David Freddoso, the Department of Veterans Affairs has yanked Your Life, Your Choices: Planning for Future Medical Decisions, a guide to writing

“The Open Doors 2011″ report released by the Institute of International Education (IIE) notes New Mexico colleges and universities have enrolled fewer international students this year than last, amounting to a 6 percent drop off. The findings of the report determined New Mexico State University led all state higher education institutions in lower enrollment among international students, driving the overall state count down

SPARKS, Nev. -- At a town hall meeting here today, Sen. John McCain reaffirmed his commitment to building 45 new nuclear power plants by 2030, which he said

My friend Malcolm Nance, who used to train Navy special forces how to survive waterboarding, bravely testified to Congress last fall in opposition to the U.S.

The top Democrat in the Florida Senate today called for the federal government to reject a proposed overhaul of the state’s Medicaid system, citing public outcry at recent meetings hosted by the Agency for Health Care Administration (aka AHCA). # AHCA held the meetings this month as it prepares for the August deadline to submit its proposal to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

A new index from a leading education policy group allows parents and students to assess a college’s “borrowing-to-credential ratio,” combining newly

In March, White House Press Secretary Dana Perino demurred on a question about the military. Her reason? Don’t ask her -- she’s just a woman. Some of

Wendy Norris of TWI’s sister site, The Colorado Independent, caught up with former Vermont governor, presidential candidate and Democratic National Committee

The Washington Post has a great story today that raises questions about the rosy assumptions included in an Obama administration report on oil released into the

President Obama, in an interview with NBC News, about the timing of his Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy decision: I think it is entirely possible that we