By removing most Americans from the combat arena, we gained the ability to wage war forever, and damn the consequences.

We've been in full combat mode for 16 years — but who’s counting?

In America’s wars, failure is the new success.

The GOP stalwart took on the "holy rollers and neocons" who stole his party.

Never has a society spent more for less.

Twenty-four key issues that neither the Washington elite nor the media consider worth their bother.

When did we start to think of the president as commander-in-chief first and executor of laws a distant second?

What began two years ago as “limited” air strikes in Iraq now includes Syria, Afghanistan, and Libya — all with little public debate.

Many believe he can shake up the system after the leadership vacuum that has allowed so many problems to grow.

Most Americans have no personal connection to US fighting overseas or the brutal fullness of war — and thus don't engage with veterans' issues or the idea of future conflict.