#Congressional authorizations for military force are ticking time bombs

Admin3 years ago08 mins

The nation recently observed the 22nd anniversary of the horrendous 9/11 attacks by Osama bin Laden and his al Qaeda network. Bin Laden died 12 years ago and, while there are still elements of his network in various locales around the world, al Qaeda no longer poses a direct threat to the American homeland. After the 9/11 attacks, it…

#Donald Rumsfeld’s brief and bizarre stint in a private-equity war zone

Admin5 years ago05 mins

“#Donald Rumsfeld’s brief and bizarre stint in a private-equity war zone” The late Donald Rumsfeld was remembered this week for his rough-and-tumble stints in world politics. Less well-known is his similar history in leveraged buyouts. In 1990, the late private-equity tycoon Ted Forstmann saw Rumsfeld, who sat on his firm Forstmann Little’s advisory board, as…