curb-the-skyrocketing-cost-of-nuclear-modernization

Since Russia and the United States agreed 15 years ago to modest nuclear reductions under the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), they also have embarked on extraordinarily expensive campaigns to replace and modernize every component of their respective nuclear arsenals to maintain force levels and provide the optionContinue Reading

biding-time-in-jena

Editor’s note: On April 29, a U.S. District Court in New Jersey ruled that Mahmoud Khalil could move forward with his lawsuit alleging that he has been unlawfully detained for his political views. Khalil’s legal team also has pending motions before the court to grant a preliminary injunction and compel hisContinue Reading

(don’t-fear)-thomas-pynchon

Yes yes yes, the prevailing mindset the world over these days seems to oscillate between the “utterly apocalyptic” and the “merely cataclysmic.” But with Thomas Pynchon marking his 88th birthday on May 8, and with a new novel and an all-star film adaptation promising some Pynchon-riffic days ahead, it’s stillContinue Reading

waltz,-rubio-and-the-national-security-shakeup

CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING – The announcement was made on the 101st day of the second The Traitor administration, and while some insiders said they saw it coming, it caught even some administration officials by surprise. President Traitor 47 announced on Thursday that Mike Waltz was no longer his National SecurityContinue Reading