What Donald Trump doesn’t know might save us: He’s unschooled, but at least he’s no American exceptionalist or neo-con ideologue
Forget his impractical foreign policy solutions. Trump scares elites because he is rethinking U.S. military might The Russians have long understood that words are actions. A linguist and literary critic prominent in the last century added to the thought by…
It is urgent that she’s stopped: Hillary Clinton’s nightmare neoliberalism and American exceptionalism makes the world a dangerous place
American foreign policy has not worked for decades. Hillary believes all of its myths to her core. This is scary Much mail arrived after the column published in this space last Sunday, wherein I examined the likely character of a…
As reckless as George W. Bush: Hillary Clinton helped create disorder in Iraq, Libya, Syria — and, scarier, doesn’t seem to understand how
American primacy at all cost. That’s her dangerous guiding mission. Only Bush, Nixon loved imperial adventure more As of the voting in various primaries last week and this week, Hillary Rodham Clinton has the surest way to the White House…
Bernie Sanders is a cruise-missile progressive: False hope, foreign policy and the stubborn endurance of American exceptionalism
Sanders would do nothing to change America’s worldwide meddling. This is a dangerous moment, and he’s ducking it Whatever happened to Bernie Sanders? It is always preferable to be first in my trade, but this is not why I pose…
This is not a democracy: Behind the Deep State that Obama, Hillary or Trump couldn’t control
Foreign policy never really changes regardless of who holds the White House. This is why exceptionalism always wins There are two ways to consider the White House’s announcement last week that, no, American troops will no longer withdraw from Afghanistan…
The Tory Victory Puts Cameron in the UK Hot Seat
The resounding victory in British elections last week giving Conservatives their first absolute majority in the House of Commons for almost two decades is the last thing Britain needs now. This is not a straight-out political judgment regretting Labor’s defeat…
Ukraine’s Election Poses Big Questions for the U.S.
Ukrainians went to the polls Sunday to elect a new parliament, and when the results are official, it is almost certain they will have a legislature with new faces and a confirmed tilt westward. That will surely please Washington and…
In Hong Kong, the Democrats Will Go Down Swinging
China has unleashed its thugs on the peaceful demonstrators Beijing wants to turn Hong Kong into Singapore—sort of. “You get a refrigerator, a TV, and a small car, but no voice.” It is hard to read the news reports and…
Ukraine’s Choices: Unity or a Fractured Federation
The referendums in Ukraine almost nobody wanted are now part of the story, and they have little meaning but some significance. Let’s explore the difference. One way or another, the two votes on Sunday bring the nation a step further…
The Coup in Egypt: A Failure Greater than Morsi
The removal from power of Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s duly elected president will never change one irrefutable truth: If you applaud or support military coups in democracies—even young, wrongheaded democracies—you aid in the making of a very messy world. Only a…
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