Mueller at the Crossroads
Robert Mueller was appointed special counsel in May 2017 in reaction to a media still gripped by near hysteria over the inexplicable defeat of Hillary […]
The Limits of American Patience
Not being willing any longer to be manipulated is not succumbing to isolationism. Wondering whether the United States can afford another liability is not mindless […]
Trump is Cutting Old Gordian Knots
The proverbial knot of Gordium was impossible to untie. Anyone clever enough to untie it would supposedly become the king of Asia. Many princes tried; […]
Washington’s Fantasies Are Not People’s Reality
The Beltway’s sober and judicious foreign-policy establishment laments Donald Trump’s purported dismantling of the postwar order. They apparently take the president’s words as deeds and […]
The Distortions of Our Unelected Officials
On March 17, ex-CIA Director John Brennan tweeted about the current president of the United States: “When the full extent of your venality, moral turpitude, […]
Our Long History of Misjudging North Korea
North Korea has befuddled the United States and its Asian allies ever since North Korean leader Kim Il Sung launched the invasion of South Korea […]
Scandal Questions Never Asked, Much Less Answered
Sometimes the hysteria of crowds causes them to overlook the obvious. Here is a series of 12 questions that do not seem to trouble anyone, […]
Lessons from Germany’s ‘Spring Offensive’ 100 Years Later
One hundred years ago this month, all hell broke loose in France. On March 21, 1918, the German army on the Western Front unleashed a […]
Swamp Things in the Russia Investigation
“The Swamp” usually refers to the vast federal bureaucratic machinery of mostly unelected top officials who exercise influence and power without worry about the appearance […]
The Rapid ‘Progress’ of Progressivism
Not long ago I waited for a flight to board. The plane took off 45 minutes late. There were only two attendants to accommodate 11 […]
Trump’s Generals Are Too Valuable to be Dismissed
Near-daily gossip surrounds Donald Trump’s three marquee generals. The media sometimes blare out rumors that General John Kelly, the White House chief of staff, is […]
The Labyrinth of Oppressions
When the human experience is simplistically divided into two worlds, then things increasingly do not easily fit. Specifically, what happens when the number of victims […]
The Paradoxes of the Mueller Investigation
Special counsel Robert Mueller has indicted 13 Russian nationals for allegedly conspiring to sow confusion in the 2016 presidential election. The chance of extraditing any […]
Understanding the California Mind
Nancy Pelosi gave a marathon speech on illegal immigration the other day. But how would she know much about the realities of open borders, given […]
Who’s Really Winning the North Korea Standoff?
There have been wild reports that the United States is considering a “bloody nose” preemptive attack of some sort on North Korea’s nuclear arsenal. Such […]
Republican Embarrassments
Free-marketers are right that tax cuts stimulate economic growth that in turn lead to expanding production and eventually more federal tax revenue. But the problem […]
Why FISA-gate Is Scarier Than Watergate
The Watergate scandal of 1972-74 was uncovered largely because of outraged Democratic politicians and a bulldog media. They both claimed that they had saved American […]
Counterfeit Elitism
Those damn dairy farmers. Why do they insist on trying to govern? Or, put another way: Why are Republicans trusting Devin Nunes to be their […]
Rethinking the Geography of Power
Where the seats of power are located matters. Given the populist revolt in the United States and Europe against the so-called “global elite,” it is […]
From Conspiracy Theories to Conspiracies
Not all conspiracy theorists are unhinged paranoids—even when they insist there was a loosely organized if not sometimes incoherent effort to destroy Donald Trump’s candidacy […]