by Ben Secrist | Jul 18, 2013 | Monitor
Yesterday the AP wrote about how our country’s demographics are changing. They noted that half of U.S. children younger than age one are Asian, Hispanic, black, Native American or of mixed races. The significance of this data may be that Hispanic, black, and Native...
by Ben Secrist | Jul 11, 2013 | Monitor
In a letter to Congress, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel offered his first formal assessment of the effects of massive spending cuts planned for the Pentagon. Congress as a kind of motivating factor to achieve a more balanced approach to deficit reduction put the...
by Ben Secrist | Jun 20, 2013 | Monitor
The coincidental timing of the recent California summit between President Obama and his counterpart Xi Jingping and the Edward Snowden/NSA ordeal has brought the many issues surrounding cyber security back into focus. National security and American competitiveness are...