Perhaps the most regrettable aspect of our debates on public policies is our tendency to over-simplify. After all, much of the debate occurs in the media or on the internet, where brevity is prized. Does it fit into a 30-second soundbite? Or a 180-charter tweet?

Perhaps the most regrettable aspect of our debates on public policies is our tendency to over-simplify. After all, much of the debate occurs in the media or on the internet, where brevity is prized. Does it fit into a 30-second soundbite? Or a 180-charter tweet?

Perhaps the most regrettable aspect of our debates on public policies is our tendency to over-simplify. After all, much of the debate occurs in the media or on the internet, where brevity is prized. Does it fit into a 30-second soundbite? Or a 180-charter tweet?

Perhaps the most regrettable aspect of our debates on public policies is our tendency to over-simplify. After all, much of the debate occurs in the media or on the internet, where brevity is prized. Does it fit into a 30 second soundbite? Or a 180 charter tweet?

Since the end of World War II, America has been on the "warpath," a series of regional wars stretching around the globe: first the Korean Police Action, then Vietnam, more recently the Iraq incursion, and this past weekend, the bombing of Iran. These are just the highlights of what has become a steadily growing list of direct and indirect (Ukraine) military incursions into the affairs of opposing sovereign nations.

Since the end of World War II, America has been on the "warpath," a series of regional wars stretching around the globe: first the Korean Police Action, then Vietnam, more recently the Iraq incursion, and this past weekend, the bombing of Iran. These are just the highlights of what has become a steadily growing list of direct and indirect (Ukraine) military incursions into the affairs of opposing sovereign nations.

Since the end of World War II, America has been on the "warpath," a series of regional wars stretching around the globe: first the Korean Police Action, then Vietnam, more recently the Iraq incursion, and this past weekend, the bombing of Iran. These are just the highlights of what has become a steadily growing list of direct and indirect (Ukraine) military incursions into the affairs of opposing sovereign nations.

Since the end of World War II, America has been on the "warpath," a series of regional wars stretching around the globe: first the Korean Police Action, then Vietnam, more recently the Iraq incursion, and this past weekend, the bombing of Iran. These are just the highlights of what has become a steadily growing list of direct and indirect (Ukraine) military incursions into the affairs of opposing sovereign nations.

The answer to that question will be readily apparent to those of a certain age, but a total enigma to our younger fellows. During the entire period of the Cold War, which lasted for more than 40 years from the post-war years until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1992, the overwhelming threat was from a Soviet Nuclear Bomb.

The answer to that question will be readily apparent to those of a certain age, but a total enigma to our younger fellows. During the entire period of the Cold War, which lasted for more than 40 years from the post-war years until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1992, the overwhelming threat was from a Soviet Nuclear Bomb.