Today on TAP: The Jack Teixeira episode demonstrates the bloated incompetence that a trillion dollars of annual military spending purchases.
National Security
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.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Can K Street’s Most Pro-Biden Firm Save TikTok?
SKDK, co-founded by Biden consigliere Anita Dunn, has taken on TikTok as its client.
Posted inTAP
Twenty Years On: The Prospect and the Iraq War
Today on TAP: Many liberal publications supported invading Iraq. We didn’t.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Fossil Fuels Are a Clear and Present Danger to National Security
Joe Manchin has protecting America exactly backwards.
Posted inPolitics
President Biden Should Get Rid of Trump Holdovers
When a president attempts a coup, his lackeys ought to be purged from federal service.
Posted inPolitics
Might We See a Bipartisan Agreement to Scale Back the Bush-Obama Security State?
Segments of both parties want to do it. But obstacles are high.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Exit Yemen Now to Assist a Fragile Peace
It’s time for a war powers resolution to end U.S. support for Saudi’s war of aggression.
Posted inTAP
Unions for On-Time Construction
Today on TAP: Commerce Department urges chip-makers facing a construction labor crunch to offer child care, use union workers.
Posted inAmerica and the World
The Chinese Spy Balloon Is No Big Deal
Intelligence gathering is always going to happen between great powers.