Post Archive
August 2014
Ben Carson Once Again Slanders America
Via Mediaite, Dr. Ben Carson--a best-selling author and Fox News contributor who’s hinting he might run for president in 2016--is once again comparing the United...
Yale and the Causes of Anti-Semitism
Last week, the New York Times published a series of letters in response to an op-ed by Deborah Lipstadt, a professor of modern Jewish history and Holocaust...
Shocker: Dictators Mean What They Say
More than a decade ago, during the early years of the Bush administration and against the backdrop of Bill Clinton’s sincere desire to win comprehensive...
Obama’s Luck on the World Stage
When it comes to global security, it may seem counter-intuitive to suggest that Barack Obama is one of the luckiest American presidents on the world...
Ukraine in the Shadow of Molotov-Ribbentrop
The 75th anniversary of the infamous Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, in which Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union pledged non-aggression toward each other and shortly thereafter divided Poland,...
Can Abbas Challenge Hamas? Not Likely.
After 50 days of fighting between Israel and Hamas, many in the international community are hoping the cease-fire will encourage a revival of the Middle...
That’s Some Jayvee Team, Mr. President
Remember the days when we were told terrorist attacks were “man-caused disaster” and when the massacre of Ft. Hood was an example of “workplace violence”?...
Congressional Residency Scandals Are Bunk
It’s hard to muster much sympathy for U.S. Senators. But let’s pause for a moment and commiserate with Mary Landrieu and Pat Roberts, two senators...
Spin Can’t Explain Obama Failure to Lead
From the moment the words, “We don’t have a strategy yet,” left President Obama’s mouth yesterday afternoon, the White House has been in full spin...
The Price of Wasting Time and Energy
Martin Indyk’s interview with Foreign Policy this week contained many interesting nuggets, but one statement in particular shocked me: “It's very hard to make the...
Paul Ryan’s Way Forward
In his new book, The Way Forward: Renewing the American Idea Representative Paul Ryan offers some candid assessments of his party and himself. On the former, he...
Can the GOP Lower the Gender Gap?
Republican National Committee chair Reince Priebus had a point when in an appearance on MSNBC’s Daily Rundown, he pushed back at the story published by Politico...