Op-Ed Archives

After a nightmare of prescription pills, medical marijuana helped me sleep

April 24, 2017

Headlines·HEALTH·Op-Ed·PTSD·VA·VETERANS

You probably have an opinion about medical marijuana. Let me share my story before you tell me what it is. In 2008,

Erdogan’s referendum, the end of Turkey’s democracy?

April 23, 2017

Headlines·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis

Turkey is a valid example of what I spoke of in my Shifting Sands of the Dictator opinion piece last Sunday. For decades,

Is the World on a slow march towards authoritarianism?

April 23, 2017

FOREIGN POLICY·Headlines·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·NATIONAL SECURITY·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis

Turkey’s citizens recently voted to give President Erdogan expanded powers. He now has wide control over the judiciary, can simply decree law,

Nativation: The Native American Awakening

April 23, 2017

AMERICAS·ENVIRONMENT·Headlines·Human Rights·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·RESOURCES

As the observance of Earth Day wraps up this weekend, my troubling thoughts as a Native American are that it took place

#GailForce: ‘Mother of All Bombs’ Dropped in Afghanistan – So What’s the Fuss?

April 18, 2017

Headlines·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis

Unfortunately, in recent years, we tied the hands of our military in Afghanistan. And instead of trying to win we settle for

The Shifting Sands of the Dictator

April 16, 2017

Featured·Headlines·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis

John Sjoholm examines the West’s historic support of dictatorships in the Middle East, and asks whether the region is ready for true

OpEd: The Real Cost of War In Syria

April 9, 2017

FOREIGN POLICY·Headlines·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·Politics·PTSD·RUSSIA·VETERANS

Here we go again. After nearly two decades of war, including the occupation of Iraq during the bloody sectarian violence caused by

OpEd: Welcome to Syria, why don’t you stay for awhile?

April 9, 2017

Headlines·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis

On April 4th the Syrian government, from its seat in Damascus, seemingly ordered a gas attack on the rebel-held, but predominantly civilian,

OpEd: Secretary of Defense James Mattis: Moderate? Liberal? American

March 25, 2017

Headlines·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis

Recently, the newly appointed Secretary of Defense James Mattis, has been accused of being too moderate, even “too liberal.” Some have used

OpEd: Rooting out whether a Trump-Russia connection exists is critical to our national security and democratic independence

March 22, 2017

Cyber·Headlines·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·Politics·U.S. | WASHINGTON D.C.

We recently learned that the FBI is investigating a curious link between a Russian bank and a Trump Organization computer server. According

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14 Years Later: How the Media Sold the War in Iraq

March 20, 2017

Headlines·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·VETERANS·Veterans Programs

On the 14th anniversary of the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom it’s worth looking back at the conditions that made the war possible,

Trump tweets and Wikileaks raise allegations of textbook diversion

March 8, 2017

AMERICAS·Cyber·Headlines·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·Politics·U.S. | WASHINGTON D.C.

President Trump’s weekend twitter accusations that President Obama had his “wires tapped” in Trump Tower have dominated the news cycle, and politicians, legal

Mosul: The Longest, Hardest Slog

March 7, 2017

Headlines·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·NATIONAL SECURITY·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·WORLD NEWS

The fight for Mosul did not have to be this difficult. In the film Gettysburg, there is a scene where Confederate Maj.

The few, the unelected, the shadowy coup against Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn

February 18, 2017

ECONOMICS·Headlines·MENA·NATIONAL SECURITY·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·Politics·U.S. | WASHINGTON D.C.

OPINION. Lt. Gen. Flynn was removed by the few, the unelected. Who will be the next lamb to the slaughter? And at

Image 65 Million Refugees: Why We Need to Act On #WorldRefugeeDay [Lima Charlie News]

OpEd: Muslim Ban does little to advance security, and is a setback towards combating extremism

February 13, 2017

Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis

During his first week in office President Trump signed an executive order that barred Syrian refugees indefinitely and blocked entry into the

Trump’s Middle Eastern War, A Bay of Pigs in the making

February 8, 2017

Headlines·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·NATIONAL SECURITY·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis

OpEd: An open plea to the Trump Administration to not abandon America’s Kurdish allies as they wage war on the Islamic State. In

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After a nightmare of prescription pills, medical marijuana helped me sleep

Erdogan’s referendum, the end of Turkey’s democracy?

Is the World on a slow march towards authoritarianism?

Nativation: The Native American Awakening

#GailForce: ‘Mother of All Bombs’ Dropped in Afghanistan – So What’s the Fuss?

The Shifting Sands of the Dictator

OpEd: The Real Cost of War In Syria

OpEd: Welcome to Syria, why don’t you stay for awhile?

OpEd: Secretary of Defense James Mattis: Moderate? Liberal? American

OpEd: Rooting out whether a Trump-Russia connection exists is critical to our national security and democratic independence

14 Years Later: How the Media Sold the War in Iraq

Trump tweets and Wikileaks raise allegations of textbook diversion

Mosul: The Longest, Hardest Slog

The few, the unelected, the shadowy coup against Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn

OpEd: Muslim Ban does little to advance security, and is a setback towards combating extremism

Trump’s Middle Eastern War, A Bay of Pigs in the making

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The Currency War Nobody Wants to Name

Europe will survive only if it pays someone else to die in its place

Can the U.S. Counter China’s Growing Soft and Sharp Power Influence Through Sanctions?

Fracture, Friction, Fatigue.

Idle Meandering Thoughts (Part 2 of 2)

Lebanon: Inside the Shell

Cyber Warfare Now – Tales from the Digital Battlefield

Israel-Hamas Cyberwar, when old warfare meets new

Huawei – China’s telecom giant hits a giant wall

Strike a deal with which devil? The many faces of the Taliban

The fate of Afghanistan’s NATO Generation

Afghanistan – A Bold Solution