Why Ordinary Americans Are Unperturbed by Russia Mania
President Trump’s meeting with Vladimir Putin was a profile in courage against an onslaught of media pressure that would have made a typical glad-handing huckster […]
Defense of the West
Get It In Writing: What Trump Needs from Putin
Three decades of rocky Russo-American relations have been the result, mainly, of a lack of planning on the part of Washington. As the West—specifically, the […]
Trump, Russia, and Manufactured Hysteria
It’s been a week filled with manufactured hysteria. After his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, President Trump was accused of denying American […]
A Look at Helsinki from a Friendly Critic
President Trump took a risk by meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki on Monday. My friend and sometimes colleague, Angelo Codevilla, with whom […]
Obama bin Biden
Isn’t it clear that President Trump really enjoys upsetting the people who claim to report the news? I imagine him occasionally tuning in to CNN […]
A Ghastly and Tasteless Escalation of Tensions…With Ourselves
The response to the Helsinki meeting has been so extreme on all sides that questions about the maturity, stability, and intelligence of the entire American […]
Trumping Experts and Russia
Watching the political class melt down on Twitter and in the media in the wake of President Trump’s Monday press conference with Vladimir Putin, I […]
NATO’s Challenge Is Germany, Not America
During the recent NATO summit meeting, a rumbustious Donald Trump tore off a thin scab of niceties to reveal a deep and old NATO wound—one […]
Intelligence Community Has Made the U.S. a Blind Giant
Nations require intelligence to see their way through the dark alleys of international relations. For that reason, and above all in the modern era, they […]
Trump Will Win This Round With the Deep State
When the cant and emotionalism subside, the Helsinki summit will go down in history as a turning point in this American president’s struggle to disembowel […]
What Critics Missed About the Trump-Putin Summit
When Presidents Trump and Vladimir Putin ended their joint press conference in Helsinki, the punditocracy predictably swarmed all over it like ants around a pile […]
Coming to Some Reality on Crimea
As President Trump sits down for his first one on one meeting with President Vladimir Putin of Russia, some history and perspective are in order. […]
NATO Now Serves the Interests of the Transatlantic Ruling Class
If we’re to believe the recent NATO summit’s communique and the mainstream media’s commentaries about it, the alliance serves roughly the same essential purpose today […]
Refighting the Indian Wars
Did you hear about how Facebook censored a passage from the Declaration of Independence as “hate speech”? The Vindicator, a small daily newspaper in Liberty, […]
Putin Needs a Deal With Trump
The Russian Federation controls one of the largest nuclear arsenals in the world. In fact, Russia’s nonstrategic nuclear weapons arsenal is likely larger and more […]
Iftar and City Hall: Separation of Mosque and State?
As Muslims observed the month of Ramadan this year, more city halls were full partners in hosting and promoting religious Iftar dinners. This year Philadelphia […]
Trump’s ‘Deplorable’ Diplomacy
Liberals see Donald Trump as the embodiment of toxic masculinity. Trump’s voters see a real man. My husband jokes that in our family, if anything […]
Neocons Empower America’s Enemies
Whenever neoconservatives speak about the bounties that endless wars of “liberation” will provide, I am reminded of a Jonah Goldberg column from 2002, expounding upon […]
The Establishment Hearts China
Communist China is one of the gravest threats this country has ever faced, in large part because many members of the American establishment see China […]
Hillary and Brexit
Scientists are so smart these days they can tell how someone voted in the 2016 Brexit referendum by asking how they like their steak prepared. […]