The FBI faced criticism last month for its "falafel squad" -- a team that conducted data mining of supermarket sales records to root out terror cells based on spikes in the sales of Middle Eastern food. Surely, this operation must have been conducted by rogue agents not following the...

For decades, conservatives have railed against liberals as "weak on defense," content to let U.S. military readiness decline to dangerous levels. Such accusations over the nation's military readiness, in personnel as well as equipment, have proven pivotal in numerous elections. Many progressives still have to learn how to express their...