Conventional wisdom holds that Minnesota Sen. Al Franken likely will secure re-election this fall. Real Clear Politics’ polling average shows the first-term Democrat ahead by a comfortable 10.4%.
by Joseph Feltervia Room for Debate (New York Times)
Thursday, August 14, 2014
At the tactical level, air-delivered munitions can significantly degrade the ability of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, to mass their forces or employ artillery, mortars, rockets and other weapons that can have a devastating impact on civilians as well as Iraqi military forces in the field. We’ve seen air power achieve positive results in other cases.
Why do American public schools spend more of their operating budgets on non-teachers than almost every other country in the world, including nations that are as prosperous and humane as ours? We can’t be certain.
AP reports that the convoy of Russian trucks has resumed their trek towards an unguarded border point crossing into Ukraine, after spending the night in the southern Russian city of Voronezh. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) reports that no agreement for the convoy to cross into Ukraine has been reached, although negotiations are underway.
It has become de rigueur among Israelis, and many Americans, to belittle the idea of Palestinian democracy. The 2006 legislative elections—strongly backed by President George W. Bush and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas —produced a narrow victory by Hamas, an Islamist terrorist organization, setting off a long slide for the more secular Fatah. Fatah is the muscle behind the Palestinian Authority, the government on the West Bank.
Military History/Contemporary Conflict Working Group Member Angelo Codevilla discuss his Liberty of Law piece, “Bringing International Contempt Upon America,” on the nationally syndicated John Batchelor Show.
The percentage of New York State elementary- and middle-school students passing statewide math exams inched up in 2014 while reading scores remained flat, a mixed performance in the second year of a new, more difficult testing program, according to results released on Thursday.
featuring Amy Zegartvia Center for International Security And Cooperation (CISAC)
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Two-dozen senior congressional staffers will attend the inaugural cybersecurity boot camp at Stanford University next week to engage with government, academia and Silicon Valley experts who are trying to ward off cyber attacks and network crimes.
The $7.5 billion water package brokered by Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative leaders signals a rare bipartisan agreement on a thorny, politically divisive issue that has bedeviled California governors and lawmakers for decades.
