Have a great 4th of July!
I hope everyone has a great 4th of July!!! You may enjoy Lee Greenwood’s new version of his legendary “God Bless the USA” which he made in collaboration with the US Air Force band...
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LENS Essay Series: “Calling Forth” the Cajun Navy? Legal Frameworks for Ad Hoc Disaster Relief
Have you heard of the Cajun Navy? You’ll have the chance to learn more because our newest addition to LENS’s online Essays on Law, Ethics and National Security Series features Zach Ezor’s “Calling Forth”...
Salute all who benefit the public, but recognize the uniqueness of military service
In their essay, “Whose deaths deserve to be honored,” James Joyner and Pauline Shanks Kaurin evince a curiously blinkered view of military service, and seem oddly vexed about the American public’s affection for those who...
Moore and Goldring on “Pandemics, National Security & Re-Balancing Health Care”
Today’s guest essay is co-authored by Professor John Norton Moore and Dr. Steven R. Goldring who argue that the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic requires a re-conceptualization of health care. Among other things,...
Mackenzie Eaglen on “5 Lessons the U.S. Military Learned From the Pandemic”
Today’s guest essayist is my friend Mackenzie Eaglen from the American Enterprise Institute. One of the nation’s top analysts of defense issues, she explores lessons the U.S. military has already learned from the pandemic. ...
Rename our military installations…and do it now
At exactly the point where the nation doesn’t need any more divisiveness in the wake of the George Floyd tragedy, a truly unnecessary dispute has erupted as the President has announced he wouldn’t even...
Anna Page on “Finding Shared Values in Unexpected Places: The Military and Higher Education”
How easy is it for a soldier to navigate the educational process on some of the nation’s most liberal campuses? Today’s guest writer can tell us as she is a graduate of Wellesley College...
Casting police reform as a “national security” issue risks perpetuating the public safety crisis
Horrified by the tragic death of George Floyd, Americans showed widespread agreement about the need for serious police reform. But how should it proceed? How can we avoid having the best of intentions go...
Mobilizing the military for domestic operations: some legal considerations
In a speech Monday evening, President Trump declared “All Americans were rightly sickened and revolted by the brutal death of George Floyd” and said he was “mobilizing all available, federal resources, civilian and military,...
The military’s voting process is not a panacea for the challenges of the fall elections
Since the pandemic began, a discussion about how to ensure voters can safely participate in the 2020 election has erupted. Some claim balloting by mail is the magic formula for the challenges, and think...
Memorial Day 2020: Remembering the sacrifice of the “best of America”
For most Americans Memorial Day this year will be different. Many of those who might have wanted to pay tribute by visiting Arlington and other military cemeteries won’t be able to do so since...
