Major Publisher Exits New York Times Bestseller List: A Challenge to NYT Credibility

09/05/2017
2017-09-05 By Ed Timperlake Today, Marji Ross, Publisher of Regnery Publishing, a Salem Media Group Company has announced that the publishing house is no longer interested in working with the New York Times and its bestseller list. She announced this decision based on the publisher's perception of clear political bias.…

French and UK Militaries After Brexit? New Training Program Put in Place

09/02/2017
2017-09-02  According to the UK Ministry of Defence, a new agreement with France is setting in place a key training program moving forward. Over the next few months over 2,500 British troops will train with their French counterparts, participating in exercises spanning Eastern Europe to Kenya. The Defence Secretary will agree…

The Chinese Challenge WITHIN Australia

08/29/2017
2017-08-29 The PRC is not simply playing classic global power politics. They are working within key allied nations, including key ones like Australia and the United States, to achieve their power ambilitions. In an interview earlier this month, Ross Babbage, the Australian strategist discussed the challenge as follows: We then…

Remembering Jefferson and Adams: Moving Beyond the Confrontation in Charlottesville

08/24/2017
2017-08-21 By Kenneth Maxwell The long and troubled legacy of slavery unfolded again last weekend in Charlottesville, which is the home of the University of Virginia.  Thomas Jefferson designed its Rotunda. His recently restored statue stands before it. This is where the white "nationalists" marched with their burning torches, as…

General Dunford Visits China: A More Realistic Exchange with the Chinese Military Takes Place

08/21/2017
2017-08-20 By Richard Weitz The latest Chinese-U.S. military meeting was refreshingly frank—the two sides made clear their areas of disagreement, which will place Sino-U.S. defense relations on a much firmer footing. This past week, Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford undertook his first visit to China as Chairman of the Joint…