Saturday’s NYT had a piece bylined by James Risen about the Ghosts of Iraq Haunting CIA in Tackling Iran. It’s a Captain Obvious story in conception.

The controversy of the Hadley Climate Research Unit has made clear that it is time for climactic science to clean house, and investigations should extend beyond the United Kingdom.

Hadley Arkes' Bradley Lecture.

One of the most remarkable, indeed disturbing, elements of the current debate over how much should be cut from the defense budget is how little connection it has had to the country’s actual national security strategy.

The institution of science has no place for hiding data, shaping data to conform to pre-existing beliefs,undermining the peer-review process, or any other of the shady activities that the Hadley Center Climate Research Unit scientists allegedly engaged in.

To defend US interests in the Asia-Pacific region, policymakers must ensure the nation has the necessary air power capabilities to contend with the vast distances, limited basing options, and pronounced threat to assured success.

Stephen Hadley's memo to President Bush demonstrates his misunderstanding of the Middle East conflict.

Immediately following the announcement of Saddam Hussein's capture by the U.S. military, many nongovernmental organizations and international institutions decried the idea of a trial by Iraqis. More importantly, they opposed the possibility of the death penalty as punishment for his crimes. Does international law preclude an eventual Hussein execution? Is...