The End of America’s ‘Big Stick’ Policy

My wife comes from a large family and her father would always make a point when the kids fought. He would give them each a stick from the ground and ask them to break it. Snapping the singular twig in half was never a problem. (read more)

President Barack Obama and Lt. Gen. Robert Caslen Jr., center, superintendent at the U.S. Military Academy, stand for the national anthem during last week’s graduation and commissioning ceremony in West Point, N.Y. Obama urged restraint before further military missions.