Business Pundit

I love a good conspiracy. This one, involving Great Depression-era businessmen attempting to overthrow President Roosevelt in a military coup, just about beats them all: In the summer of 1933, shortly after Roosevelt’s “First 100 Days,”… Read more

2009 marks the 50th anniversary of Armed Forces Day, which honors Americans serving in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard. Find inspiration and honor in the 25 quotes below, which apply to all of the armed forces: 1. He loves… Read more

Spiegel interviewed former FBI agent Jack Cloonan, now a negotiator with Somali pirates. Here’s an excerpt from the fascinating piece: SPIEGEL: From your experience with the Somali pirates, are they intelligent people? Or are they simply… Read more

The Iraq war is many things to different people. It is called a strategic blunder and a monstrous injustice and sometimes even a patriotic mission, much to the chagrin of rational human beings. For many big companies, however, the war is something… Read more

An Iranian soldier, after drinking a Pepsi According to Andy Carpenter at HoweStreet, the Bush administration sold a whole lot more to Iran than a bad reputation. He says that (via the AP) the United States sold the heart of the Axis of Evil… Read more

(Image Credit: Xinhua) FOUR FACTS ABOUT FOOD AND WARS 1. The human population is gobbling up food and mineral resources like they’re Thanksgiving dinner. 2. As these resources decrease, civil wars increase. 3. Said resources are often… Read more

The New York Times wrote a poignant article on how improving healthcare will probably diminish the US military. Until the Nixon era, the US military had a mandatory enlistment program. When Nixon abolished the draft, enlistment decreased by… Read more

The Washington Post has a great article today that explores the reasons why empowering women eliminates the cycle of poverty, particularly in post-conflict Rwanda. It’s hard to imagine the lives Rwandan women have lead, hard to relate to a… Read more

According to this article (sub. required) from Fortune, Halliburton isn't really making that much money in Iraq. It has all the makings of a delicious election-year scandal—Howard Dean has already weighed in—but there's just one… Read more

I think I know what the blogosphere will be buzzing about for the next few… Read more

This is an interesting idea. Greensboro Burger Kings — along with stores in the Kansas City metropolitan area and Omaha, Neb. — are piloting a program to provide free Burger King food to American soldiers overseas. Through Jan. 15, customers at… Read more

Instapundit sums up the evidence and makes that case that if Bush was lying, so were the Germans, Chirac, Clinton, and others. Read the whole thing, it is long, but worth… Read more

Robert Prather has a post on Iraq's WMD production going Just-In-Time. Those of you who know anything about the history of JIT will find the comments kind of… Read more

Tony Blair is sticking to his guns on the WMD issue. I think the war was justified whether Iraq had WMD or not. But, since the administration used the threat of WMD to go ahead and attack without international support, I think it will cause some… Read more