Sports - Nov. 7, 2008
Packers trying to "spread the wealth" on defense
With four linebackers, three safeties and three cornerbacks worthy of starting assignments, Packers and coach Mike McCarthy is exercising his options when it comes to doling out playing time. "It's a great problem to have," McCarthy said. "You cannot have enough good football players
Tags: packers, defense, woodson, hawk, barnett, mccarthy, wilde

Sports - March 19, 2008
Brewers still looking to tighten their defense
Sunny skies and hard infields make it difficult to play defense in the Cactus League. The Brewers are trying to improve their glove work.
Tags: brewers, spring training, defense, errors, weeks, cameron, capuano, parra, yost

Sports - Oct. 7, 2007
Same story, new season: Bucks need to play some D
You've heard it before: The Bucks need to get better on defense.
Tags: Milwaukee Bucks, Larry Krystkowiak, Michael Redd, defense

Sports - Nov. 15, 2005
Defense is Green Bay's silver lining
Sunday's impressive victory aside, it's been difficult to identify a silver lining in the Packers 2005 season. But after the last three games, we may have a candidate.
Tags: Packers, Favre, Donatell, Falcons, Gado, Green Bay, Defense, Jim Bates

Sports - Jan. 11, 2005
Team concept eludes Packers
In the final analysis, the 2004 Green Bay Packers simply were not a good enough team to advance very far -- at all, in fact -- in the NFL playoffs. That fact is obvious enough. But it's a statement meant to be taken literally.
Tags: Packers, Vikings, NFC Central, Playoffs, Mo Williams, Brett Favre, offense, defense, Morten Andersen, Ahmad Carroll, Culpepper

Politics - Aug. 10, 2009
Iran Turmoil Provides Opportunity
          The supreme leader of fundamentalist Islamic Iran, the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has confirmed the legitimacy of the election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He did so publicly at a prayer ceremony on Friday at Tehran University, symbolically...
Tags: Iran, Iraq, Ayatollah, Obama, Carter, Reagan, Eisenhower, Defense, Terrorism

Politics - Aug. 10, 2009
Gen. McChrystal, Special Forces & Afghanistan
           Gen. Stanley McChrystal has been unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the new commander in Afghanistan, and has followed up immediately by granting media interviews. Both developments are very significant for reasons that reach b...
Tags: Politics, International Relations, Obama, Gates, McChrystal, Defense, Afghanistan, Taliban, Al-Qaeda

Politics - May 11, 2009
"If it flies, it dies:" Tour the USS Truxton, the Navy's newest ship
The USS Truxtun steamed into the port of Charleston near the end of April, and when the ship opened its gangplank for public tours, I couldn't resist stepping aboard. The Truxtun is the US Navy's newest ship. Built in a Pascagoula, Mississippi shipyard building naval ships since 1938, the USS Tru...
Tags: defense, destroyer, Navy

Politics - April 29, 2009
The Defense Department monitors new flu strain
 As the number of flu cases increase and the locations for the infection expand, the uniformed services must defend against the virus weakening its ranks.  How exactly does the military prepare for a flu outbreak? What risk is the potential deadly new strain of flu to the men and women ...
Tags: flu, defense

Politics - March 4, 2009
Blackwater Banned by Iraq and U.S.
            The government of Iraq has just announced that the private security firm Blackwater will be banned from that country.  The U.S. State Department has also declined to continue to employ the firm in that country.  &...
Tags: Blackwater, Foreign Policy, Politics, Defense, Pentagon, State Department, Iraq