As late as Monday, it had appeared that the government in Belgrade would accept the demands from Brussels and capitulate on Kosovo. The province, occupied by NATO in 1999, was declared independent in February 2008, but despite the Empire's insistence, even the most...
The article below contains excerpts from L.K. Samuels’ new book, In Defense of Chaos: The Chaology of Politics, Economics and Human Action. War causes chaos; chaos does not cause war. The political disorder released during armed clashes is merely the symptom of...
Editorial note: This essay appears in the current issue of Chronicles magazine, the feisty conservative monthly put out by the Rockford Institute, where my column "Between the Lines" appears regularly. Normally, the content I provide Chronicles is exclusive: that is,...
Four civilians were killed when gunmen attacked a home in Qayara. In Mosul, a roadside bomb killed a civilian and wounded another. A roadside bomb in Muqdadiya killed a policeman. A Sahwa commander was killed in Shirqat when a sticky bomb blew up. Gunmen wounded a...
Napoleon might once have quipped that armies march on their stomachs, but what ties together a fighting force is the bonds of comradeship and loyalty among the individual soldiers. Elite military units have translated this sense of brotherhood into “leave no man...
Does the government work for us, or do we work for the government? How can the president claim the lawful power to kill whomever he wishes and at the same time ask Congress to incapacitate our ability to defend ourselves against those who might seek to kill us?...
In and around Mosul, a bomb killed two policemen and wounded two more. A policeman was gunned down. Gunmen killed three military personnel. A man was shot dead as he traveled in a car near Falluja. Gunmen wounded a policeman in Muqdadiya. A roadside bomb in Udhaim...
Beware lawyers bearing bright ideas on how to resolve the ticking clock on White House authority to conduct counterterrorism operations across the globe. The silver tongues of rhetoric and reason may say current law need only an “update,” but their remedies would have...
The queen of the Anglosphere is dead. In death, as in life, there is no middle ground where Maggie Thatcher is concerned: leftists dance in the streets, celebrating her demise, while conservatives mourn the passing of the "Iron Lady." The irony is that she was never...
