The Air Force can’t find enough people to volunteer to fly remote controlled planes.

Al Jazeera debuted its American broadcast Tuesday. Fewer Americans have access to Al Jazeera than they did Monday.

One of the iconic speeches in American history is copyrighted.

Author Elmore Leonard has died at the age of 87.

The NCAA has come to its senses regarding a Marine sergeant who wants to play college football.

The history of what to call the American Civil War.

There’s a hearing at Gitmo so secret that even the people having the hearing aren’t allowed to know what it’s about.

Andrew Bacevich argues, persuasively, that “absence of leverage does not preclude options” with respect to Egypt.

My latest for The National Interest, “Clapper’s Bodyguard of Lies,” has posted.

The military is cracking down on sexual assault. The pendulum may be swinging too far.

Sailors will now be required to wait until 9 am to buy booze.

With more than a little hyperbole, George Will declares “Obama’s unconstitutional steps worse than Nixon’s.”

Hillary Clinton is getting offers from universities to add her name and presence.

The Obama administration has issued a strongly worded statement on this morning’s massacre by the Egyptian government.

Until this year, being gay could get you kicked out of the military. Now, it comes with perks.

A lot of new jobs are being advertised but not many people are being hired to fill them. Peter Orszag doesn’t know why.

Hundreds are dead as Egypt’s military government crack down on supporters of the democratically elected government they ousted.

David C. Jones, who served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under Presidents Carter and Reagan, has died.

Bill Clark, who served as National Security Advisor and Interior Secretary under Ronald Reagan, has died at 81.

Lieutenant General Michelle Johnson will be the first woman to lead a service academy.

Your humble host is making a career move.

The Attorney General wants to fight the war on drugs less stupidly.

The Pentagon is considering doing away with two combatant commands—and no longer calling them combatant commands.

Bob McDonnell is not the first Old Dominion chief executive to supplement their income while in office.

While periodic, strenuous exercise is better than nothing, constant movement is much better for our health.

Jay Porter banned tipping in his high end restaurant and found that customer service and profits improved.

“Say that, in 1993, you were at a bar having some beers with a dolphin” has been nominated and seconded as the “Best opening sentence. EVER.”

It may be Rick Santorum’s “turn” but he’s too harsh and extreme to win the nomination.

TheTransportation Security Administration is expanding its purview to train stations and sporting events.

The Air Force is telling airmen to take common sense steps to “avoid becoming a victim” of sexual assault.

The Pentagon is considering making military retirees ineligible for civil service pensions.

The Air Force will now allow pregnant women and single parents to join.

The Defense Department would like to get a handle on how it spends its money by 2017 but the Navy won’t go along.

The government contractor that conducted Edward Snowden’s background investigation faces criminal indictment.

The president’s 2008 rival has gone from bitter foe to go-to deal broker.

Some century-old Pacific Beer beer ads are “nothing short of brilliant, absurd, and offensive.”

The DMV experience sucks just as much if you’re Tim Geithner.

Al Qaeda may be up to something, so take no chances.

CNN reports that CIA is going to great lengths to keep operatives from talking about what happened at Benghazi.

Keeping 166 detainees in Gitmo costs taxpayers $454 million.

A negligible price hike of hamburgers might enable fast food outlets to pay their workers much better.

The military has declared that Playboy and Penthouse don’t violate its standards but banned them from its exchanges, anyway.

In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.

Megan Welter served as a Signal Corps officer in the Iraq War. Now, she’s an Arizona Cardinals cheerleader.

Congress really, really wants to give soldiers a 1.8 percent pay raise. Generals are begging them to hold it to 1 percent.

The Defense Department may have found the money to furlough its civilian workers fewer than 11 days.

Gay bars around the world are banning Russian vodka to protest the lack of gay rights in that country.

Bill and Hillary are not cool with Anthony and Huma’s recollection of the 1990s.

Bradley Manning will learn his fate at 1 pm tomorrow. He’s guilty.

The Army is fielding a new uniform to make ladies feel more soldierly.