It has been over six decades since the first nuclear weapons were used against Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killing and disfiguring hundreds of thousands of human beings in the process. While at the moment it may not be the stuff of dinner table conversation, it's long past time that we...

In what may prove to be a good sign for future Pentagon budget battles, an analysis byStreet.com has noted that defense industry investors were "spooked" by last week's Senate vote to end the F-22 program.

The most relevant section of the report is summarized in the Orlando Sentinel:

Investors...

It's down to the wire in the battle to keep the Senate from adding $1.75 billion to the Pentagon budget for more F-22 fighter planes, and the proponents of more flying pork are running out of arguments.

At $350 million, the F-22 is the most expensive fighter plane ever built,...

War Is Peace?

In case you missed it, earlier this year Lockheed Martin, the world's largest weapons contractor, made a $1 million donation to the United States Institute of Peace (USIP). USIP describes itself as "a non-partisan institution established by Congress" to "help prevent and resolve...