Where U.S. and Ukrainian War Aims Collide
To President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Ukraine, Crimea and the Donbas are national territories whose retrieval justifies all-out war to expel the invading armies of Vladimir Putin’s Russia. Yet, who controls Crimea and the Donbas has, in the history of...
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NORTH CAROLINA: JROTC Cadet Wore Confederate Uniform to Armed Services Night A student in Erwin High School’s JROTC program wore a Confederate uniform during a football game ceremony on Oct. 7, bringing up issues the school has dealt with in years past. The...
Killing With Near Certainty
Last week, President Joseph R. Biden Jr. secretly reaffirmed his own self-willed authority to kill persons in other countries, so long as the CIA and its military counterparts have “near certainty” that the target of the homicide is a member of a terrorist...
33 Civil War Forts You Can Still Visit
During the years preceding the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter, often considered the start of the Civil War, the U.S. military was already busy building defensive fortifications around major cities. Often on seacoasts, these structures were commissioned to better...Obiter Dicta
In the last days of East Germany, when government officials detected that their power was unraveling, they ratcheted up enforcement Read More
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NORTH CAROLINA: Two ‘Human’Caused’ Fires Found at 16th Century Historic Site Two fires were discovered simultaneously at a North Carolina historic site dedicated to England’s first settlements on the continent — and Read More