Naval Academy

Joseph Rocha: Gay Former Sailor Details Abuse In Navy Despite Keeping His Sexuality A Secret

Washington Post | Joseph Rocha | Posted 10.11.2009 | Politics


I was 18 years old when I landed in the kingdom of Bahrain, off the coast of Saudi Arabia, in the winter of 2005. It was the first time I'd ever left ...

Selective Lion

Robert Kuttner | Posted 06.24.2009 | Politics


Robert Kuttner

All week, Obama demonstrated his great skills as a teacher and orator, but it remains to be seen how he will use these outsized gifts as challenges on several fronts continue to unfold.

Obama, Jack McCain Embrace At US Naval Academy Graduation (SLIDESHOW, VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Katharine Zaleski | Posted 06.22.2009 | Style


President Obama promised members of the graduating class at the US Naval Academy Friday that they would never have to fight an unnecessary war. "I wi...

Obama Naval Academy Commencement Speech: President Speaks To Military Graduates

AP | DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Posted 06.22.2009 | Politics


ANNAPOLIS, Md. — President Barack Obama promised graduating midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy on Friday that, as their commander in chief, he...

Man the Barricades, Men! The Gays Are at the Gates!

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics


Aubrey Sarvis

Their warning of the "grave harm" that will ensue if gays and lesbians are allowed to serve openly in our all-volunteer military was essentially that volunteers will leave in droves.

Multiple McCain

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 11.16.2008 | Politics


Michael B. Laskoff

The problem isn't that we know too little about John McCain; it's that we've got so many versions of the guy to choose from.

Gays in the Military: It's Time for Spine

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics


Aubrey Sarvis

When Secretary of Defense Robert Gates failed to recommend Peter Pace for a second two-year term as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff one year ago...

John McCain Goes For A Physical: "I'm as Healthy as the Economy!"

Nathaniel Bach | Posted 04.15.2008 | Home


Nathaniel Bach

McCain can't blame his campaign-trail Iraq war gaffes on a deteriorating mind. Which means that instead he's simply misinformed and does not understand the war we're waging or whom we're waging it against.