‘Oppenheimer’ and the anguish of creative destruction
military
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Why ‘Oppenheimer’ Matters
The father of the atomic bomb still speaks to the danger of complacency.
Posted inTAP
The GOP’s Tommy Tuberville Problem
Today on TAP: The Alabama senator’s blockade of military promotions reveals the party’s real position on abortion.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Gunning for More VA Privatization
Veterans just dodged a GOP bullet to their health system, but now they face bipartisan fire once again.
Posted inTAP
On Russia, Where the Past Is Never Past
Today on TAP: The Wagner Group mutiny re-enacted aborted coups of yore.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Modi Visit Part of a Geopolitical Great Game
India is seen as a strategic counterweight to China, and that has overridden any U.S. concerns about repression against ethnic minorities and the press.
Posted inPolitics
Republicans in Disarray
The temper tantrum on House floor votes masks a much more consequential lack of consensus on upcoming spending bills—which could give Democrats an opportunity.
Posted inTAP
Our Cracked National-Security State
Today on TAP: The Jack Teixeira episode demonstrates the bloated incompetence that a trillion dollars of annual military spending purchases.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Lawsuit: Defense Contractor Fired Whistleblower for Reporting Accounting Irregularities
The allegations against spare-parts conglomerate TransDigm mirror previous claims against the ‘Martin Shkreli of defense contracting.’
Posted inAmerica and the World
Breaking Away From Secret Concessions in the Middle East
Saudi Arabia is exploiting great-power competition to obtain security commitments from the U.S. This should be rejected.
