On September 24, President Trump announced a newly updated policy to replace existing travel bans implemented earlier this year. The policy includes a range of restrictions on Iran, Libya, [...]

So to get my mind off of the hurricane about to batter my home state, my sister Julie took me and my niece Danielle to Trapeze School for a couple of hours…   Sometimes, you have to [...]

My husband, Joseph, and I just spent a couple of weeks traveling in Europe for summer vacation. We were in the UK, Austria, Bulgaria, Macedonia, and Greece. Given that several of these countries [...]

Jordan Dinsmore is one lucky and clear-headed young lady. Her three abductors could not drive her stick-shift (manual) vehicle, so they made her drive while they sat in the passenger seats. After [...]

1. BE DIFFERENT. If there is nothing else that you take away from this blog, remember this one thing: The key to your success is DIFFERENTIATION. Think about this: Thousands and thousands of [...]

The Iraqi government announced its liberation of Mosul this week after nine months of intense operations to clear the city of ISIS. Three years ago ISIS waltzed across the Syria-Iraq border, took [...]

arabian-peninsula-color-map Article by Michele Rigby Assad and Joseph Assad The U.S. government over the years has buried its head in the sand when it comes to our relationship with Qatar. We [...]

This year, the Islamic holy month of Ramadan occurs May 27 to June 26. For Muslims, this is a time of fasting when they take time to think about the blessings in their life and to be generous [...]

Two separate events over the last week have led me to conflicting assessments of President Trump’s foreign policy choices. One I praise, and the other I am extremely disappointed with. My views [...]

My role as a former CIA intelligence officer is to take the politics out of security issues. My job is to give you the scoop devoid of political wrangling. The sad fact about the intelligence [...]