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Clueless in Gaza: Another Example of How We Only Support Democracy Abroad When Their Elections Go Our Way Jul. 25, 2014
"Rarely has a president been confronted with so many seemingly disparate foreign policy crises all a... Read More
What If Democracy Is a Fraud? Jul. 24, 2014
What if you were allowed to vote only because it didn't make a difference? What if no matter how you... Read More
If Baghdad Falls Jul. 09, 2014
The lesson of Vietnam is that we refuse to learn any lessons from Vietnam. Even to dare mention the ... Read More
Love of Country Jul. 02, 2014
Every four years, at some point in the presidential campaign, one candidate says something that lead... Read More
A Lame Duck Country? Jun. 24, 2014
Pundits are pointing to President Barack Obama's recent decline in public opinion polls, and saying ... Read More
A Bitter After-taste Jun. 17, 2014
The news from Iraq that Islamic terrorists have now taken over cities that American troops liberated... Read More
Egypt's Hard Lesson in Liberty May. 28, 2014
Five years ago, President Barack Obama traveled to Egypt — then still governed by the pro-Amer... Read More
Wizard of Id
May. 23, 2014
Gore: 'Our Democracy Has Been Hacked' May. 14, 2014
CHICAGO — You think Al Gore is upset with global warming? You ought to hear him on American po... Read More
Cleaning Skeletons Out of the Closet Apr. 30, 2014
With Europeans intrigued by America's unexpected success, Alexis de Tocqueville carried out an in-de... Read More
The End of Ideology? Apr. 15, 2014
On our TV talk shows and op-ed pages, and in our think tanks here, there is rising alarm over events... Read More
Don't Blame Putin; Blame Russia Mar. 14, 2014
I'll let the experts churn out opinions on what should be done about Russia's invasion of Ukraine. B... Read More
Wizard of Id
Mar. 03, 2014
Talking Turkey About Corruption and Scandal Feb. 27, 2014
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan this week found himself in the midst of an unfolding sca... Read More
Ukraine's Crisis, Not Ours Feb. 21, 2014
Police began to back away from their positions in the square, said Engel. And the protesters attacke... Read More
The Home Country Feb. 19, 2014
Kiev did not seem familiar when I visited a few years ago for the first and only time. Old and a lit... Read More
Another Galling Betrayal Feb. 18, 2014
The Afghanistan government's recent release of dozens of imprisoned terrorists, many of whom had kil... Read More
Will Mobocracy Triumph in Ukraine? Feb. 04, 2014
Despite our endless blather about democracy, we Americans seem to be able to put our devotion to dem... Read More
Democracy and Peace Pushed Farther Away Jan. 03, 2014
In 1793, the envoy Lord Macartney appeared before the Qianlong emperor in Beijing and asked for Brit... Read More
A Bad Year for Freedom in the World Dec. 22, 2013
The course of freedom and democracy in the world is an evolutionary process, though sometimes it pro... Read More
