A Primary Day in Search of a Theme

The results from Tuesday’s much-watched congressional primaries are in. Now the larger question remains: What’s their significance?

The fall of five-term Sen. Arlen Specter (D) in Pennsylvania marks the end of an era; the rise of ophthalmologist Rand Paul (R) in Kentucky lends both power and voice to More…

How McChrystal Works Ex-Insurgent Reintegration

Sean Naylor at Army Times has an absolutely killer piece that goes into granular detail to explain how Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s team is structuring a program to reintegrate so-called “angry brothers” — those who join the insurgency because they’ve been aggrieved by the behavior of U.S. or allied troops — More…