by Susan Katz Keating In years gone by, they called it the Living Room War. Every evening, American families watched grainy footage of helicopters lifting from rice paddies, and listened to body counts read in calm anchor voices. The war came home, but it arrived on a schedule, filtered through …

COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating Mexican officials had not yet confirmed the cartel kingpin’s death when violent reprisals erupted across the country. Mexican security forces killed Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as “El Mencho,” in what authorities described as a significant blow to organized crime. Oseguera, the longtime boss of the Jalisco …

COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating Senator Mark Kelly claims he released a November 2025 video to remind U.S. service members they are obligated to refuse unlawful orders. They already know that. And when fundraising surges and presidential speculation follow, the explanation deserves closer scrutiny. Clarity has finally cut through the fog …

by Susan Katz Keating The promise of Red Mercury infiltrated the underworld of gullible would-be tyrants, despots, and autocrats, sparking imaginations and a frenzy of deal-making. But what was this mysterious substance? It was the ultimate black market sensation. A substance so powerful it could transform even a lone terrorist …

by Susan Katz Keating These endorsements are about who can lead the fight now. By popular request, and after careful consideration, Soldier of Fortune is making a rare endorsement for the National Rifle Association Board of Directors. Soldier of Fortune and I endorse Major General (Retired) Ken Bowra and Jerry …

COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating The Department of Justice has forced an uncomfortable truth into the open. A federal gun law that has survived for generations cannot survive the Constitution. The DOJ’s legal office on January 15 issued a memorandum titled Constitutionality of 18 U.S.C. § 1715. The title is …

ANALYSIS by Susan Katz Keating The agent’s helmet fell off, and a loaded 30-round magazine fell out of its pouch, our correspondent tells us. He recovered his helmet, but not the ammunition. A lone federal agent running on ice never should become an object lesson in the workings of crowd …

COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating The press community has weighed in on the Seth Harp affair. What they’ve offered is a reflexive defense and a missed opportunity to address journalistic ethics. The weigh-in comes in the form of a Jan. 13 open letter asking Congress to drop a subpoena issued to …

by Susan Katz Keating Russia hails the Oreshnik as unstoppable; but in 2023, seven of its hypersonic Kh-47M2 cousins were shot down by U.S.-made Patriot air defense systems. Moscow says the strike was payback, using its sharpest blade: the Oreshnik hypersonic ballistic missile. In the overnight hours into January 9, …

COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating For two weeks, the Marinera ran. Formerly known as Bella 1, the sanctioned tanker fled the U.S. Coast Guard on the high seas, employing methods that read like a sanctions-evasion playbook. It flew a false flag. It switched off transponders at sea. It attempted to reflag …