Homeland Security

What the Brussels Attack Means for You.

Getting on a plane or train this week? You may be in for a delay or two, but it’s for your own safety. Really!

Whether you’re traveling to a meeting in Manhattan or taking the little ones to Disney World for spring break, the attack in…

Is The Internet Good or Bad? Yes.

It’s time to rethink our nightmares about surveillance.

Terror or Travel: Your Choice

Perception is almost impossible to manage. Despite information that might give you another view, one’s perception is a personal choice.

With the rise of ISIS and its string of horrific terror attacks, many people have altered their perception of…

Is your public safety organization planning to fail?

There are a variety of things we don’t see in our day to day lives, but they’re always there — at least we think they are.

We don’t see water flowing through the pipes in our homes, but it’s there when we turn on…

The radicalization puzzle. How is terrorist extremism produced?

Why and how do individuals residing in…

Why Haven’t You Packed A Disaster Kit Yet?

I realize that many readers will immediately smirk at the title of this article and think “You’re kidding, right?” And if you lump in the idea of disaster kits with survivalist compounds in rural Montana (no offense to Montana), then this article may not…

The Destruction of Art and Antiquities: Acts of Terrorism

We See Cuba as a third border

In March 2016, President Barack Obama visited the island nation of Cuba and became the first sitting United States President to do so since the 1959 revolution. Obama met with members of the Cuban leadership to include President Raul Castro, brother of famed dictator Fidel.

Elizabethkingia? Uh — — Is that a person, a disease, or both?

Ok, let me end the suspense early…it’s both! You may have heard of the Elizabethkingia (ee-LIZ’-ah-beth-kin-GEE-ah)., or “E.K.”, outbreak that local, state and federal public health and hospital personnel in Wisconsin and…

Why Haven’t You Packed A Disaster Kit Yet?

I realize that many readers will immediately smirk at the title of this article and think “You’re kidding, right?” And if you lump in the idea of disaster kits with survivalist compounds in rural Montana (no offense to Montana), then this article may not…