• Revealing Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative Debates

    When former President Ronald Reagan embraced the idea of a missile defense system, he called it the Strategic Defense Initiative. While it ended up being a great success, it was initially attacked by the Democrats, who nicknamed SDI “Star Wars.” “They mocked him, they tried to humiliate him,” Mark Levin explains.“We didn’t have that technology 40-some years ago, and so the reprobates who only think about now, now, now, they said it couldn’t be done,” Levin continues. “During the budget processes...

  • Steelers draft defensive back to boost defense

    The Pittsburgh Steelers selected University of Texas cornerback Ryan Watts in the Sixth Round of the NFL Draft.

  • Israel retires Patriot air defenses as native air defense systems step up

    The decision comes amid Ukrainian clamoring for the system, though analysts doubted Israeli batteries would make their way north due to Russian sensitivities.

  • Swedish defense committee calls for near $4.8 billion defense spending jump

    In a clear reference to Russian aggression, the Swedish government committee warned in a statement of the "deteriorating security situation."

  • How can Nuggets maximize Nikola Jokic’s defense in playoffs? “I’m not really good defensively one-on-one”

    Nuggets center Nikola Jokic is bracingly comfortable with the acknowledgment of his limitations as a defender. But he has strengths, too, that Denver can deploy in the playoffs.

  • How can Nuggets maximize Nikola Jokic’s defense in playoffs? “I’m not really good defensively one-on-one”

    Nuggets center Nikola Jokic is bracingly comfortable with the acknowledgment of his limitations as a defender. But he has strengths, too, that Denver can deploy in the playoffs.

  • Unicef GBV initiative welcome

    THE training of guidance and counselling teachers across the country on how to identify and support learners affected by Gender-Based Violence (GBV) To access this post, you must purchase a subscription. Please click the button below to visit our subscriptions page to select a package. Subscriptions

  • In Defense of Speaker Mike Johnson

    Author Herman Wouk captured well how to understand heroism. “Heroes are not supermen; they are good men who embody — by the cast of destiny — the virtue of their whole people in a great hour,” observed Wouk. We have today an American hero in the name of House Speaker Mike Johnson. Anyone with eyes open knows the world today is a very dangerous place. Johnson, a conservative Republican and a devout Christian, knows that the way for it to become even more dangerous is for the leader of the...

  • In Defense of Speaker Mike Johnson

    Author Herman Wouk captured well how to understand heroism. “Heroes are not supermen; they are good men who embody — by the cast of destiny — the virtue of their whole people in a great hour,” observed Wouk. We have today an American hero in the name of House Speaker Mike Johnson. Anyone with eyes open knows the world today is a very dangerous place. Johnson, a conservative Republican and a devout Christian, knows that the way for it to become even more dangerous is for the leader of the...

  • In Defense Of Dog-Killer Kristi Noem

    There’s a great deal more going on here than meets the eye.

  • The "Twinkie defense": What we know about diet and crime

    In 1978, Dan White murdered San Francisco city Supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone. Of this, there was no doubt. White had turned himself in, then tearfully and remorsefully confessed to shooting each of the men — his former colleagues — multiple times. At White’s 1979 trial, the only question was how stiff his penalty would be. White’s lawyers ran a skillful defense during the court proceedings. They claimed that their client’s mental capacity was diminished by stress and severe...

  • Why Israel Can't Count Solely on Its Missile Defenses

    While the technical success of these systems is laudable, the implications of Iran's assault are profound.