Shane Harris

Jun 25, 2024 | lawfaremedia.org | Shane Harris |Katherine Mangu-Ward

Published by The Lawfare Institute in Cooperation With Libertarianism doesn’t fit easily on the traditional left-right spectrum of American politics. The philosophy upholds personal liberty as a core value. What does it have to say about matters of foreign policy and national security, which encompass ideas about self-defense but also protection of the state?

Jun 14, 2024 | myemail-api.constantcontact.com | Chris Bing |Joel Schectman |Daniel Michaels |Shane Harris

Quotes of the Day: "On 14 June 1775, Congress "Resolved, That six companies of expert riflemen, be immediately raised in Pennsylvania, two in Maryland, and two in Virginia… [and] as soon as completed, shall march and join the army near Boston, to be there employed as light infantry, under the command of the chief Officer in that army."" The delegates then prescribed an oath of enlistment that required the soldiers to swear: "I have, this day, voluntarily enlisted myself, as a soldier, in the...

Jun 4, 2024 | lawfaremedia.org | Shane Harris |John Strausbaugh

Published by The Lawfare Institute in Cooperation With In the wake of World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union set off on the great space race, competing to see which super power could put the first human in space and eventually land them on the Moon. As historian John Strausbaugh writes, that race should have been over before it even started.

May 16, 2024 | myemail-api.constantcontact.com | Karen DeYoung |Shane Harris |Evan Hill

Quotes of the Day:"True ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, but the refusal to acquire it."– Karl Popper"Do not wait; the time will never be 'just right.' Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along."– George Herbert"The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month."–Fyodor Dostoevsky1. The modern face of war: ‘Everything, everywhere, all at once’2.

Mar 8, 2024 | stuff.co.nz | Shane Harris