The Warrior’s-Eye View of Afghanistan The two-star general wrote the book on Vietnam and showed the way for the surge in Iraq. Now he’s back from 20 months in Afghanistan—and says the war can be won. By David Feith Wall Street Journal ‘The distant rear of an army engaged in battle is not the best place from which to judge … Continue reading →

Mafia States Organized Crime Takes Office By Moisés Naím Foreign Affairs The global economic crisis has been a boon for transnational criminals. Thanks to the weak economy, cash-rich criminal organizations can acquire financially distressed but potentially valuable companies at bargain prices. Fiscal austerity is forcing governments everywhere to cut the budgets of law enforcement agencies and court systems. Millions of … Continue reading →

Election Armageddon By Steve Forbes, Editor-in-Chief Forbes Mitt Romney will be the GOP standard-bearer in the most ideological presidential election in modern American history. Unlike past contests in which one party would lean mildly left of center and the other somewhat to the right, this one will be unprecedentedly hard-core. Romney had better spend real time preparing how he’s going … Continue reading →

Energy in 2050: Shell’s Peter Voser By Rich Karlgaard Forbes This year will likely be the first time in history that a company tops $500 billion in sales. Two oil companies are good bets to pass the mark: the U.S.’ ExxonMobil and the U.K.-registered, Netherlands-headquartered Royal Dutch Shell. In late March I talked with Shell’s CEO, Peter Voser, onstage at … Continue reading →

How Bush Helped Get Bin Laden By Jose A. Rodriguez Jr./Special to the Washington Post Albuquerque Journal As we mark the anniversary of Osama bin Laden’s death, President Obama deserves credit for making the right choice on taking out Public Enemy No. 1. But his administration never would have had the opportunity to do the right thing had it not … Continue reading →

A Bush League President Republicans are aggravated by Obama. They should cheer up. So is everyone else. By Peggy Noonan Wall Street Journal There is every reason to be deeply skeptical of President Obama’s prospects in November. Republicans feel an understandable anxiety about Mr. Obama’s coming campaign: It will be all slice and dice, divide and conquer, break the country … Continue reading →

Memo Reveals The ‘Gutsy’ Bin Laden Call That Wasn’t via Investors.com Killing Bin Laden: Like so many others, the final decision to pull the trigger on the world’s most-wanted man was delegated to an admiral who undoubtedly would have been thrown under the bus had the mission failed. It’s been almost a year since President Obama’s leadership and foreign policy … Continue reading →