WASHINGTON, June 21 (UPI) -- A black Virginia farmer is waging a long battle to remedy years of alleged discrimination by U.S. agriculture officials, The Washington Post reported Sunday.

WASHINGTON, June 3 (UPI) -- The recent fire/counter-fire between U.S. President Barack Obama and former Vice President Dick Cheney over Guantanamo, the prisoners held there and techniques used in their interrogation revealed a distressing ignorance in the White House. Specifically, it revealed that Obama and his advisers are ignorant of military theory.

LOS ANGELES, May 30 (UPI) -- Actor Mykelti Williamson has reportedly signed on to play an anti-terrorism official in the eighth season of the hit U.S. TV series "24."

LOS ANGELES, May 28 (UPI) -- U.S. actor Freddie Prinze Jr. has joined the cast of "24" for the popular TV drama's eighth season, entertainment industry sources told The Hollywood Reporter.

WASHINGTON, April 30 (UPI) -- Why are U.S. soldiers blocked from accessing useful sources of information from many reputable institutions, including from some Washington-based think tanks, on computers that are operated by the U.S. Department of Defense itself?

WASHINGTON, March 26 (UPI) -- I have received more thoughtful responses from readers to my recent columns on the consequences of the poor tactics that U.S. ground forces have been using in Afghanistan.

WASHINGTON, March 13 (UPI) -- Once the American people figure out what to buy for real wars, another reform would help them buy it at reasonable prices. It is a common tool in private business called "should cost."

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- So far, Israel's assault on the Gaza Strip has produced no surprises. On the physical level of war, the Israel Defense Forces are triumphing. The Palestinians are suffering about 100 people dead for every dead Israeli. To a Second Generation War military, which is what Israel's formerly Third Generation War army has become, that is the main measure of victory.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- All of Martin van Creveld's books are worth reading, but a few are "big books," books so important that anyone interested in war must read them.