The Media Doesn’t Get a Do-Over on Iraq
The Charles Koch Institute, in conjunction with RealClearDefense, recently issued a fascinating though unsurprising study of American public opinion about the Iraq War. Almost four […]
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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 […]
Trump Should Make a Deal with Russia
The political establishment in Washington, D.C. remains angry with President Donald Trump for “coddling” Russian strongman Vladimir Putin. By now, the claims against Trump are […]
With Omnibus, Trump Makes the Best of a Bad Situation
People are unhappy about the $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill, and just so. But while this anger at the president for signing the legislation is […]
‘Never Again’? Omnibus Bill Is a Product of the Swamp
Thinking about the $1.3 trillion—that’s “trillion” with a “t” for “terrifying”—omnibus spending bill that President Trump signed on Friday, I wonder who is most unhappy […]
The Space Race: Ground Control to Elon Musk
When Elon Musk divested of his interest in Paypal in 2002, he was fantastically wealthy but obsessed with technological projects. align=”right” Part two of a […]
The Space Race: Savants of Human Space Exploration
Commercial and military space exploitation never want for a motive. Like the bronze and silver lower classes of Plato’s Republic, most space exploitation thrives on […]
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 […]
Democrats Agree: Obama Trashed National Security
The Democrats’ disturbing decision to go into berserker mode against Russia warrants a re-evaluation of their foreign policy. Nowadays they talk tough on Russia. But […]
Our Military’s Destructive Equality Imperative
The Obama years did much to undermine the identity and inherent conservatism of the U.S. armed forces. In addition to budget cuts and indifference about […]
How Trump Can Avoid Being Played By North Korea
In a shocking development, it has been revealed that North Korean strongman, Kim Jong-un, has extended an offer to meet with President Donald J. Trump […]
Don’t Be Fooled: Russia is Weak and Dying
The Russian presidential elections are two weeks away and the outcome is hardly in doubt. Vladimir Putin on Wednesday gave his annual state of the […]
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 […]
America is Athens and That Should Scare You
Harvard University professor Graham Allison worries that the United States and China may be headed toward a destructive conflict. In his most recent work, Destined […]
America Created the Sino-Russian Threat
Russia and China are forming a dangerous coalition of powers on Eurasia. This is bad for the United States and the world. The great geostrategist, […]
Cowards and Losers: Name One, Forget the Other
This is an ugly article, but it has to be written. The news broke Thursday that a pathetic excuse for a man named Scot Peterson […]
The Unbearable Mendacity of NeverTrump-Inspired Comparisons
It requires a special degree of mendacity to compare Robert Mueller’s recent indictments to the terrorist attacks of 9/11. Only someone desperate to get attention, […]
Russia Focus Neglects the Real Threat from China
Samantha Vinograd, a former senior national security advisor under President Obama, intoned Monday on CNN that in light of the previous week’s indictment of 13 […]
Men With Chests and Those Without
Last week’s mass shooting at a Florida high school reminds us yet again that to live well—to live free—requires men with chests. That is a […]
Heroism Befitting Free Men
The U.S. Army on Tuesday announced it would award the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) Medal of Heroism to the three high school cadets […]