Homeland Security

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Seeking Security Outside My Homeland, Inside My Country

Derek Beres | Posted April 21, 2008 | Politics


Derek Beres

By the time the Fourteenth Dalai Lama fled Tibet in March, 1959, he had gone through a steady period of disillusion with Chinese officials, who had been offering much lip service to communism -- a philosophy he thought was, in theory, practical and promising. The reality of those officials, spearheaded...

Pulitzer-Winner Junot Diaz's Brilliant American Metaphor

Dan Brown | Posted April 9, 2008 | Media


Dan Brown

Congratulations to Junot Diaz for winning both National Book Critics Circle award and the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for his debut novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.

I read Diaz's first book, Drown, a celebrated collection of short stories, and it knocked me over. He's...

Five Years of War: Billions Squandered, Opportunities Lost

Greg Speeter | Posted March 18, 2008 | Politics


Greg Speeter

At the fifth anniversary of the Iraq War, it's fitting to take stock: What has the war cost your community?

Of course there is no greater cost than the hundreds of thousands of lives lost in this unnecessary and tragic war. But the dollar cost has other enormous human...

U.S. Security Strategy a Huge Challenge Facing Next President

Rep. Jane Harman | Posted March 11, 2008 | Politics


Rep. Jane Harman It could happen like this, in a fraction of a second:

Imagine hundreds of passengers enduring waves of heat outside Terminal 1 on a busy summer day at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). They stand in lines that weave down the sidewalk as a minivan approaches the curb,...

US Military May Not Be Ready for Attack

Associated Press   |  Lolita Baldor   |   January 31, 2008 12:25 PM


The U.S. military isn't ready for a catastrophic attack on the country, and National Guard forces don't have the equipment or training they need for the job, according to a report. Even fewer Army National Guard units are combat-ready today...

Chairman Of Homeland Security Committee Endorses Obama

The Swamp   |  Mike Dorning   |   January 22, 2008 11:29 AM


Congressman Bennie Thompson, an African-American Democrat from Mississippi, endorsed Barack Obama in a conference call a few minutes ago. Thompson is chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security. African-American members of Congress have been closely divided between Clinton and...

As If High School Weren't Terrifying Enough

236.com   |   January 21, 2008 11:09 AM


Patriotic school administrators at Joppatowne High School in Joppatowne, Md. (winner: Funnest Town Name To Say, 1998-2004) have launched the first homeland security high school program, in the hopes of preparing their students for the hottest and fearmongeriest jobs in...

Is This How We Win Friends?

William Fisher | Posted January 2, 2008 | Politics


William Fisher

High officials in the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, and other U.S. Government departments and agencies, love to talk about how good they are at "reaching out" to American Muslim communities.

They should be reaching out. It is just possible that folks in these communities might...

The Immigration Hypocrisy

Amitai Etzioni | Posted December 17, 2007 | Politics


Amitai Etzioni

The United States is spending scores of billions of dollars to build fences and to train and enlarge the border patrol in an effort to stop illegal immigrants from entering the country, especially from south of the border. However, if an immigrant has few extra bucks and a bit of...

The Autistic Terrorist: A True Nightmare

James Mulvaney | Posted November 20, 2007 | Living


James Mulvaney

Police Officer Michael Capobianco isn't afraid of much. A member of the elite Bureau of Special Operations he is a skilled marksman who practices jumping off building roofs, storming tenements and tackling drug crazed lunatics.

The one thing that terrifies Officer Capobianco is the specter of a wandering autistic child.

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While Bush Fights for America, The Democrats Fight Bush

Seth Swirsky | Posted November 19, 2007 | Politics


Seth Swirsky

The Democrats' personal hatred towards President Bush - in light of the objective successes of his presidency - make clear the sad fact that they would rather see America fail if that failure made the president look bad.

The most urgent question after 9/11 was when we'd be hit again,...

Townsend's Farewell Letter To Bush: "You Are Such A Man"

Atlanta Journal Constitution   |  Ken Herman   |   November 19, 2007 02:27 PM


Top White House Homeland Security Adviser Fran Townsend resigned today after four and a half years at her post. Here's Fran Townsend's resignation letter (see below). Highlight is on second page: "In 1937, the playwright Maxwell Anderson wrote of President...

White House Exodus Continues: Homeland Security Advisor Fran Townsend Resigns

AP   |  BEN FELLER   |   November 19, 2007 10:15 AM


Fran Townsend, the leading White House-based terrorism adviser who gave public updates on the extent of the threat to U.S. security, is stepping down after 4 1/2 years. President Bush said in a statement Monday morning that Townsend, 45,...

The Philosophical Riddle of the Maher Arar Case

Byron Williams | Posted November 18, 2007 | Politics


Byron Williams

The philosophical riddle, "If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?" raises vital questions about observation, knowledge, and reality. What is the difference between what something is, and what it is perceived to be?

To this end, can...

Airport Pat Down -- Is Shampoo a Crime?

Steve Rosenbaum | Posted November 18, 2007 | Politics


Steve Rosenbaum

Here's another 're-blog' from Max. Take a look at how the world look through the eyes of an 18 year old who's just trying to deal with stress, college, life, and politics.

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Now departing 2007. Welcome to 1984.

Okay, so I just got back from Maine, where...

Democracy's Fading Beacon

Arne L. Kalleberg | Posted November 14, 2007 | Politics


Arne L. Kalleberg

This week the American Civil Liberties Union amended a lawsuit in a Boston federal court on behalf of the American Sociological Association (ASA). Its intent is to wrest an explanation from the Departments of State and Homeland Security as to why the U.S. government refuses to admit internationally...

Giuliani-Kerik 2008!

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted November 14, 2007 | Politics


Joseph A. Palermo

It might not be a good sign for the Republican frontrunner when the person he begged George W. Bush to appoint as Secretary of Homeland Security is indicted on 14 counts of fraud and conspiracy.

Bernard Kerik, who was the first to "Join Rudy" and owes...

Bush Wildfires Response Can't Atone For Katrina Blunder

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted October 25, 2007 | Politics


Earl Ofari Hutchinson

There are disasters and there are disasters and the way politicians respond to them is certainly not the same. Their response to them, or lack thereof, tells much about their political motives and personal sensibilities. The Bush response to the Katrina debacle versus the California wildfires is a near textbook...

Misinformation on No Match Ruling

Jennifer C. Chang | Posted October 22, 2007 | Politics


Jennifer C. Chang

There's been a steady stream of misinformation since the "no match" ruling came down earlier this month. Judge Breyer stopped the government from implementing a new Department of Homeland Security rule that would force employers to fire staff whose names and social security numbers don't match what's in the...

House Aides On NASCAR Trip Advised To Get Tetanus, Hepatitis Shots

The Charlotte Observer   |  LISA ZAGAROLI   |   October 11, 2007 11:29 AM


NASCAR fans might seem rabid, but are they actually contagious? Getting a hepatitis shot is standard procedure for travelers to parts of Africa and Asia, but some congressional aides were instructed to get immunized before going to Lowe's Motor Speedway...
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