Patrick Corcoran

I find myself writing this piece out of both frustration and experience (as recent as Friday night). For the first time, my friends and I decided to do an annual Christmas dinner and we spent it at a Manhattan steakhouse. It was planned for about a…

I had the distinct pleasure of hearing Colin Powell give the keynote address at the Garter Symposium/ITxpo in Orlando this past week. A conference dominated by emerging information technology hosted one of the most respected military figures in…

I find myself in a state of uncertainty, just when you cannot handle anymore stupidity or mismanagement, along comes another proclamation of “great” decision-making from the powers that supposedly work for the betterment of the population of the…

The events in the Middle East and North Africa over the last year have been truly remarkable – information was communicated through social media at unprecedented speed, the Cold War “domino theory” may have found a new application, and never in the…

In 2005, the California state legislature passed a law that fined retailers for selling video games, “in which the range of options, available to a player, includes killing, maiming, dismembering or sexually assaulting an image of a human being.”…

Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) and Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) were interviewed last week by CNN concerning the Obama administration and NATO’s continued bombing and intervention in Libya. It is difficult to distinguish just who is on the right…

It is great news for the U.S. and the world that Osama bin Laden has been killed. This is a moment of victory for our Armed Forces and intelligence services; there can finally be some closure for the families of victims from September 11, and the…

Afghanistan, Iraq, and now Libya – the United States is involved in two wars and has taken action in Libya that meets international criterion for war. All we hear from intellectuals are questions concerning: What is the long-term strategy and how do…