Former Air Force Officer A.J. D'Amario questions the foreign policy goals for President Barack Obama. ...more

February 18, 2009

Joan Atkins of Palm Harbor says President Barack Obama runs the risk of being an ineffective commander-in-chief because of his early national defense and security moves. ...more

February 7, 2009

"Legacy of Secrecy: The Long Shadow of the JFK Assassination," by Lamar Waldron with Thom Hartmann (Counterpoint, $33) ...more

January 18, 2009

It's been dubbed a Noah's Ark for plant life and built to withstand an earthquake or a nuclear attack. ...more

February 26, 2008

Russia's military chief of staff said Saturday that Moscow could use nuclear weapons in preventive strikes to protect itself and its allies, the latest aggressive remarks from increasingly assertive Russian authorities. ...more

January 20, 2008

For millions of Americans, it seemed as if the sky was falling. As the Soviet Union unleashed the power of an intercontinental ballistic missile, the United States suddenly felt vulnerable to a nuclear attack. Sputnik put Russian technology in orbit and altered the political momentum between two superpowers. Its most lasting legacy, however, may be how it energized America by forcing it to look up and reach out. ...more

October 1, 2007

In an age of al-Qaida, sleeper cells and the threat of nuclear terrorism, Huntsville is dusting off its Cold War manual to create the nation's most ambitious fallout-shelter plan, featuring an abandoned mine big enough for 20,000 people to take cover underground. ...more

September 30, 2007