The U.S. Air Force's Space Shuttle

The Air Force hopes its unmanned X-37 (in taxi tests in 2007) will take on some of the functions of the shuttle. (USAF) Space Shuttle Jr. --...

Is Al Qaeda Involved In The Drug Business?

Drug Seizures In West Africa Prompt Fears Of Terrorist Links -- The Guardian Al-Qaida is thought to have gained control of the cocaine trade...

The FP Top 100 Global Thinkers

Ben Bernanke, Chairman, Federal Reserve / Washington From Foreign Policy: From the brains behind Iran's Green Revolution to the economic...

President Obama's West Point Speech: Major Escalation In the Afghan War To Start Immediately

EAGLE STRIKE - Smoke rises from a cave in eastern Afghanistan after being bombed by U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft crews assigne...

Can The Taliban Be Wooed To Switch Sides?

Armed men under the orders of Haji Baran, district commander of the Taliban in Ghazni province. Karim Ben Khelifa / Oeil Public From Time Ma...

U.S. Intelligence Services In Limbo With Soon To Be Expiration Of The Patriot Act

Authority to Spy on Americans Unclear as Patriot Act Expires -- ABC News House Defies White House and Renews Two of Three Expiring Provision...

The West Bank's Third Intifada Approaches

From Global Post: Rain on the streets of Bethlehem can't cool simmering tension. BETHLEHEM, West Bank — A writer seeks the surprise of a...

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- November 30, 2009

SOARING EAGLE - A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft assigned to the 335th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron and based on Bagram Air Fi...

World News Briefs -- November 30, 2009 (Evening Edition)

ANALYSIS-Europe Unlikely To Respond Fully On Afghan Troops -- Reuters BRUSSELS, Nov 30 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's Europea...

Court Sides With U.S. In Detainee Photo Case

From The Wall Street Journal: The Supreme Court threw out an appeals court ruling that ordered the disclosure of photographs of detainees be...

U.K. Troops Fear Defeat At Home

British soldiers take a break during a patrol in the Sangin valley, Helmand province. AHMAD MASOOD/REUTERS From The Independent: British pes...

U.S. Cool To Surge In Afghanistan's Own Force

Senior administration officials said that the timetable will not be tied to particular conditions on the ground in Afghanistan. Scott Olson...

Honduras Elects A New President -- Will Anyone Recognize Him?

The president-elect of Honduras, Porfirio Lobo, waves to supporters in Tegucigalpa. Photo: AFP/Getty images. Honduras's President-Elec...

U.S. Generals Have Already Received Their Marching Orders From President Obama

President Barack Obama and General Stanley McChrystal (White House/Pete Souza) Obama Issues Marching Orders On Afghanistan War Strategy -- F...

Another Way of Dealing With This

This week, HeraldTimesOnline.com will launch its new gun permit database. You’ll be able to search gun permit records by county, city or tow...

Message from Mike

Just spoke with Mike , who wanted you all to know that he will be offline for an indeterminate period of time, as he was headed at that time...

Meanwhile, Over in Tim-Tom* Paradise...

9 Slain In Bloody Holiday Weekend [ More ] Forget it Jake, it's Chi-Town. *

Yemen Civil War News Updates -- November 30, 2009

Saudi soldiers deploy near the border with Yemen in the desert region of Khuba. Photo AFP Saudi Arabia Steps Up Fight Against Yemen Rebels -...

The People Speak

I've been noticing ads for this upcoming "special" on The History Channel . I haven't seen such a cast of celebrity leftis...

We're the Only Ones Non-Preventive Enough

Evans said police showed her photos of Cobbs and that she identified him as her attacker. Then Cobbs, 24, walked past them on the sidewalk...

A History Lesson

The state was unable to financially support enough legionary troops (especially with the loss of Spain and North Africa), and unable to conv...

We're the Only Ones Gathering Our Own Feedback Enough

Police Chief Robert Annese came under fire last week when it was revealed resident Ray Simond has asked the state attorney general to inve...

We're the Only Ones Certified Enough

A former Pocahontas County sheriff's deputy who resigned after firing his gun at his girlfriend's house is now a police officer in R...

IIA March

Western Rifle Shooters Association has the details. [ More ] The leader in the effort is this guy , who you can meet in " Not Without...

Iran Vows To Build 10 New Uranium Enrichment Plants

Iran Plans to Build 10 New Uranium Enrichment Plants -- Voice of America State-run media say the government plans to build 10 new uranium en...

The Immunity Syndrome

The doctrine holds that judges with bad intentions, as well as those with good intentions, are immune from suit. [ More ] Mind you, that doe...

Why Do SEIU Enforcers Oppose You Having Guns?

What's also clear by their signing the Brady brief, the IBPO is endorsing edicts forbidding the keeping and bearing of arms by any but t...

This Day in History: November 30

Resolved. That General Washington be directed to publish in General orders, that Congress will speedily take into consideration the merits ...

China And Japan Military Relations Are Getting Closer

China, Japan To Enhance Defense Exchanges -- CCT Visiting Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie has met with his Japanese counterpart Tosh...

Afghanistan War News Updates -- November 30, 2009

President Obama is expected this week to announce an increase of at least 30,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan. Democratic and Republican lawma...

World News Briefs -- November 30, 2009

A Defiant Iran Vows to Build Nuclear Plants -- New York Times WASHINGTON — Iran angrily refused Sunday to comply with a demand by the United...

Pakistan Is Expressing Concern On The Upcoming U.S. Military Surge In Afghanistan

Photo: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani. Photo from the CBC. ‘Increase In US Troops May Make Pakistan’s Situation Worse’ -- Dawn ISLAMABAD...

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- November 30, 2009

MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS Japan orbits satellite to spy on North Korea -- RIA Novosti Airbus expects first A400M flight in week...

The Arabs Have Stopped Applauding Obama -- A Commentary

President Obama in Cairo, Egypt From Fouad Ajami, Wall Street Journal: A foreign policy of penance has won America no friends. 'He talks...

Iran Restructuring Its Naval Forces

Iran's powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Photo from the L.A. Times From Washington Post: Iran has reorganized its naval forces...

The Threat Of Body Bombs And Surgical Implants

From Homeland Security Today: Attempt on Saudi prince evidence of interest in hidden explosives In recent days, there’s been a flurry of rep...

Legends of Vietnam: Super Tweet

In 1967, four months after delivery, the new A-37A entered combat in South Vietnam. (Roger Moseley) From Air And Space Smithsonian: Yeah. Th...

War’s Other Enduring Videos

A BETTER SHOCK AND AWE Master Sgt. Joseph Myers surprises his daughter, Hannah, 10, in her classroom at Universal City, Tex. John Davenport/...

9000 U.S. Marines To Be Shipped To Afghanistan

9K Marines Reportedly to be First to Go After Obama Announces Troop Increase for Afghanistan -- FOX News President Obama is expected to anno...

CIA Secrets Revealed -- Like Magic -- A Book Review

From The L.A. Times: The Cold War made for strange partners -- including the CIA and a well-known magician named John Mulholland. In 1953, M...

Are Somali Training Camps A Direct Threat Against The West?

Al-Shabab militia fighters. (Photo from Islamization Watch ) Somali Training Camps Fuel Threat Of Attacks On The US -- Philadelphia Inquirer...

Sabotage At An India Nuclear Plant Raises Fears And Concerns

Indian Nuclear Workers 'Deliberately Poisoned' -- AFP BANGALORE, India — Workers at a nuclear power plant in southern India were tre...