The people of the U.S. would be well served if our next president did something big with the opportunity presented by the office, did something that would last, did something that made a difference to the future of the world.

Every president in the last 40 years has failed...

I was watching Star Trek recently when it became clear that the entire Bush administration rationale for invading Iraq and attempting to bring overnight democracy to a civilization that had never before held elections came from a 1968 episode entitled: "The Gamesters of Triskelion."

In the show, Capt. Kirk, Mr....

Defense contractors failing to deliver on their contracts have routinely victimized every branch of military service. This is certainly not a new phenomenon. It has, however, been allowed to sink to new lows under Pentagon leaders like acquisition chief Kenneth Kreig and Republican leaders like Sen. John Warner and Rep....

Four years after the first U.S. soldier was killed by an improvised explosive device (IED) in Iraq, the Pentagon has just in the last two weeks gotten around to buying large quantities of mine-resistant vehicles for the soldiers and marines being killed and maimed in Iraq. That would be a...

If you knew 20 years ago that every dollar you spent on gasoline would help to fund corrupt Middle East leaders, which in turn would fuel the rise of Islamic fundamentalism, ultimately manifesting itself in the attack on the World Trade Center and the loss of 3,000 American lives, finally...

When I ask the question, "what's happened to competence and accountability in our government," the names Alberto Gonzales or Brownie probably come to mind. As time goes by, though, the names of many more leaders who have failed to properly manage their government agencies ooze to the surface. Unfortunately...

In years past, government actually invested in the future of the nation. Never was this more evident than 89 years ago next week when the progressive Democratic administration of President Woodrow Wilson bucked political opposition to launch the world's first regularly scheduled airmail service. Spending the equivalent of $1.5 million...

The Bush administration launched the war in Iraq ostensibly to secure weapons of mass destruction and prevent al-Qaeda from acquiring them. The president has said repeatedly that nothing is more important to the security of the U.S. than preventing terrorists from acquiring weapons of mass destruction. And yet, while the...