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Third in a four-part series | When market forces aren’t enough ASK THIS James Forest, who teaches terrorism studies at West Point, wonders what happens if market forces alone don’t lead private companies to sufficiently protect and insure critical infrastructure. Third in a series about homeland security. 
Three possible outcomes | Iraq's civil war: What next? ASK THIS In her previous article, Harvard political scientist Monica Toft showed how Iraq meets all the objective criteria for civil war. Now she considers the consequences – and examines the three possible outcomes: negotiated settlement between the parties, partition, or outright military victory.
An 'Official Secrets Act' | Kit Bond's anti-whistle blower, anti-accountability bill ASK THIS On August 2, Senator Kit Bond (R-Missouri) and several co-sponsors introduced a bill to criminalize unauthorized disclosure of all classified information. It would make vulnerable to prosecution any current or former government employee or contractor who has had authorized access to classified information.
How many in your area? | As many as 7 million may be in the Medicare doughnut hole ASK THIS The hole could be eliminated through savings if the government negotiated lower prices with drug firms. Would Bush go along with that?
What about White House staffers? | Is Bush influenced by 'end times' theology? ASK THIS| August 221, 2006 All anyone can know about Bush’s religiosity is the pattern and implications of his statements, writes Prof. Ira Chernus of the University of Colorado. ‘What he “really believes” is something we can never know.’
Second in a four-part series | Is the best defense a good offense? Or a good defense? ASK THIS James Forest, who teachers terrorism studies at West Point, wonders what more effectively reduces national risk: $3.1 billion for a squadron of F-22 fighters, or $3.1 billion for port security? Second in a series about homeland security.
The power of words | Shouldn't the press call Iraq's sectarian violence a civil war? ASK THIS Saul Friedman says government leaders don't call it civil war for obvious reasons, but it sure is one. So why is the press holding back?
First in a four-part series | Five years and billions of dollars later: Still too many unanswered questions about homeland security ASK THIS James Forest, who teaches terrorism studies at West Point, wonders if government agencies charged with protecting the homeland have gradually reverted to business as usual, where policies are influenced by political expediency rather than a genuine response to threats. First in a series about homeland security.
Metrics for Iraq | Is it a civil war, or isn’t it? ASK THIS There are objective characteristics that all modern civil wars share. Harvard public policy professor Monica Toft lists six criteria. Hint: Iraq meets all of them.
Taking broadband backwards | Why is Congress considering such anti-consumer telecom bills? ASK THIS Activist Bruce Kushnick writes that both telecom bills before Congress would be huge giveaways to the very same telecommunications giants that have in the past pocketed massive government subsidies while shafting consumers and knee-capping American competitiveness. But they've taken very good care of members of Congress
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