LESSONS FROM THE ZIMMERMAN TRIAL

 

George Zimmerman was carrying a permitted concealed Kel-Tec PF-9 pistol when he shot and killed Trayvon Marty. What’s happened to him, however, demonstrates the risks people take when they chose to legally carry a firearm.  (Read the full column at EWRoss.com)

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OBAMA’S DISREGARD FOR THE NATURE OF ISLAMIC TERRORISM

President Obama’s fundamental disregard for the nature of Islamic terrorism, no doubt, has Islamist-jihadists around the world cheering.  (Read the full column at EWRoss.com)

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COMBAT TERRORISM: IMPROVE YOUR SITUATIONAL AWARENESS

I listened to former New York City Mayor Rudi Giuliani on Fox News after Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s capture say that Americans should leave worrying about terrorists to law enforcement and our intelligence services and just go about living our lives. I disagree, and I’m surprised that the Mayor of New York on 9/11/01 would say that.  (Read the  full column at EWRoss.com)

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CYBERSECURITY VS. CYBERVAMPIRES: THE LESSER OF TWO EVILS

“There are two types of companies left in America; those that have been hacked and know it, and those that have been hacked and don’t know it.”  (Read the full column at EWRoss.com)

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WHY SOME AMERICAN WARRIORS BEHAVE BADLY

In every American war there have been those few that will urinate on enemy corpses or degrade and abuse enemy detainees. War is hell and it can bring out the worst in people. But do those who behave badly do so because of the stresses of combat or because of a propensity for such behavior before they entered the military? As a Vietnam War combat veteran, I can testify that both are true; but instances of the latter, in my opinion, outnumber the former as American men and women in uniform bring with them their personal moral and ethical bearings.  (Read the full column at EWRoss.com)

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REDUCING THE DOD BUREAUCRACY: Less is More

Secretary Robert Gates wants to make sweeping budget cuts in overhead at the Department of Defense (DoD). For starters, he has proposed eliminating Joint Forces Command (JFCOM) in Norfolk, Virginia, a 10 percent cut in contractors, the reduction of at least 50 generals and admirals, and the elimination of 150 Senior Executive Service (SES) civilians. I applaud Gates for his initiative. Not only will it save money for the needed modernization of weapons and equipment necessary to maintain our military capabilities, but it will make DoD more efficient and effective. (More)

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