Happy Birthday, DHS! by Ivan Eland The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) just turned five years old. It seems like it was born just yesterday. The department’s growing pains have […]
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Author: Ivan Eland
Accepting Reality Is No Vice, and Being Oblivious Is No Virtue
Accepting Reality Is No Vice, and Being Oblivious Is No Virtue by Ivan Eland America is an amazing place—one of the wealthiest and freest nations on earth. Yet because Europe […]
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Bush “Triples Down” in Pakistan
Bush “Triples Down” in Pakistan by Ivan Eland History will probably show George W. Bush to have been a bold president, ready to gamble his legacy at a moment’s notice. […]
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Nested Partitions for Kosovo
Nested Partitions for Kosovo by Ivan Eland Kosovo, the Albanian-dominated Serbian province that has enjoyed autonomy under United Nations tutelage since the NATO-Serb war of 1999, has declared its independence. […]
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Threats of Our Own Making
Threats of Our Own Making by Ivan Eland The Pentagon has long had a conflict of interest. The Department of Defense builds the weapons of war (albeit in a grossly […]
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Ron Paul: Direct Descendant of the Founders
Ron Paul: Direct Descendant of the Founders by Ivan Eland As the nation’s major media outlets crown John McCain (George W. Bush on steroids) as the Republican nominee for president, […]
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Surveillance Society
Surveillance Societyby Dr. Ivan Eland Since 9/11, the FBI, once organized to fight crime, has been undergoing a makeover to focus its efforts on preventing future terrorist attacks. To help […]
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Critics on Iraq Policy Come Out of the Woodwork Too Late
Critics on Iraq Policy Come Out of the Woodwork Too Lateby Dr. Ivan Eland With the continued quagmire in Iraq and the likely indictments of senior Bush administration officials for […]
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The Iraq Constitution: And They Call This Victory?
The Iraq Constitution: And They Call This Victory?by Dr. Ivan Eland The incompetence of the U.S. government’s policy in Iraq was demonstrated by this weekend’s referendum on the Iraq Constitution. […]
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Cheney’s Counterproductive Policy Toward Terrorists
Cheney’s Counterproductive Policy Toward Terrorists by Dr. Ivan Eland In a recent speech before the usual friendly audience, hawkish Vice President Dick Cheney opined that U.S. failure to resolutely […]
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