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America's Dumb War Against Trade Jul. 11, 2017
Donald Trump bragged that he would put America in the driver's seat. He would keep us out of trade a... Read More
Voter Integrity or Intrusion? Jul. 07, 2017
President Donald Trump's obsession with proving he won the election has gone from the slightly ridic... Read More
A Polarized Public? No. A Polarizing System Jul. 06, 2017
American politics is a bicycle with a rusty chain, flat tires and no brakes. It's broken, and it's n... Read More
A New Iran Policy Jun. 30, 2017
Five-plus months into the Trump administration, the outlines of a new foreign policy remain unclear.... Read More
An America First Korea Policy Jun. 30, 2017
"The North Korean regime is causing tremendous problems and is something that has to be dealt with, ... Read More
You Should Know, the Flag Is Not a Rag Jun. 29, 2017
We've seen American flag bikinis — stars on the bottom and stripes on top or the other way aro... Read More
The Foolishness of Pursuing Regime Change in Iran Jun. 29, 2017
Hearing American policymakers talk about regime change is like watching Wile E. Coyote open a packag... Read More
Character Beyond Measure Jun. 24, 2017
Americans have reason to trust in progress. By so many different yardsticks, we can gauge improvemen... Read More
Stopping Kim Jong Un Jun. 23, 2017
Otto Warmbier's death is one of hundreds of thousands at the hands of the most brutal regime in the ... Read More
Political Violence: 'As American as Cherry Pie' Jun. 18, 2017
Someday, I hope, I'll sit a couple of grandkids on my lap and tell them about the days when American... Read More
France Leads the Anti-Trump 'Resistance' Jun. 15, 2017
When historians recount the downward spiral of Trumpian populism, they may very well start in France... Read More
The Donald Trump Apology Tour Jun. 08, 2017
Barack Obama much annoyed many of his critics when he noted less-than-stellar moments in American hi... Read More
Trump Forgets the Past and Blights the Future Jun. 04, 2017
"They were careless people, Tom and Daisy — they smashed up things and creatures and then retr... Read More
Can Americans Be Happy Again? Jun. 01, 2017
America is not a very happy place, and it is getting less so. Our downward trend in happiness preced... Read More
The Demotic Politics of Theresa May -- and Donald Trump May. 19, 2017
DURHAM, England — When I first visited England to cover a British election 20 years ago this m... Read More
Trump Should Move U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem May. 17, 2017
This weekend President Donald Trump departs on his first overseas trip, which will include visits to... Read More
Is the US on the Path to French-style Economic Sclerosis? May. 11, 2017
There is a lot of debate over President Donald Trump's record after his first 100-plus days in offic... Read More
Trade Ignorance and Demagoguery May. 03, 2017
When we discuss international trade and balance of payments, there are two types of accounts. There ... Read More
The New/Old Politics of Capital vs. Countryside Apr. 28, 2017
Capital vs. countryside — that's the new political divide, visible in multiple surprise electi... Read More
Is It Time to Repeal FATCA? Apr. 27, 2017
I've previously argued that the Trump administration should stop funding the Organization for Econom... Read More
