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Ending Wars Oct. 30, 2019
Four years ago, the media were talking about a "Libertarian Moment." I had high hopes! Sen. Rand P... Read More
Trump Keeps Doing Favors for Putin Oct. 27, 2019
Under fire from both Democrats and Republicans in Congress, Donald Trump bitterly abandoned his plan... Read More
Imperial Capital but America-First Nation Oct. 25, 2019
"Let someone else fight over this long blood-stained sand," said President Donald Trump in an impass... Read More
On Dubious G-7 Resort Plan, Republicans Resist Trump -- And He Backs Off Oct. 23, 2019
Scandals surrounding President Donald Trump come and go so swiftly that it's easy for one to get los... Read More
The Danger in Trump's Syria Policy Oct. 20, 2019
I think it was last Thanksgiving that a bright young family member told me about his fear that Presi... Read More
Is Putin the New King of the Middle East? Oct. 18, 2019
"Russia Assumes Mantle of Supreme Power Broker in the Middle East," proclaimed Britain's Telegraph. ... Read More
Westerville Debate Leaves Democratic Race Wider Open Oct. 18, 2019
The world's oldest political party set an all-time record Tuesday night, with 12 presidential candid... Read More
Why Does Donald Trump Keep Empowering America's Biggest Enemies? Oct. 17, 2019
Until President Donald Trump's rash decision last week to withdraw hundreds of U.S. troops from thei... Read More
It's Time to Leave! Oct. 17, 2019
The president's call to begin the withdrawal of American troops from Syria and "green light" the Tur... Read More
Is the Interventionists' Era Over for Good? Oct. 15, 2019
President Donald Trump could have been more deft and diplomatic in how he engineered that immediate ... Read More
'Great and Unmatched Wisdom' Could Unleash Thousands of Islamic State Fighters Oct. 11, 2019
As if invoking the Great and Powerful Oz, President Donald Trump now asserts via Twitter that he is ... Read More
The Presidency and War Power Oct. 10, 2019
Readers of this column are familiar with the concept of the separation of powers, which James Madiso... Read More
Is Trump At Last Ending Our 'Endless Wars'? Oct. 08, 2019
The backstage struggle between the Bush interventionists and the America-firsters who first backed D... Read More
Trump Abandons America's Kurdish Allies in Northern Syria Oct. 08, 2019
The past 16 years have been nothing short of tumultuous across Iraq and Syria. The United States fou... Read More
Congress Grows a Spine: Thank Donald Trump for the Belated Attempt to Enforce the Constitution's Separation of Powers Mar. 20, 2019
The War Powers Resolution, which Congress passed in 1973, and the National Emergencies Act, which it... Read More
Debate Over Isis Bride's Citizenship Not About Trump Feb. 24, 2019
WASHINGTON — In 2014, Hoda Muthana, then 20 years old, left Alabama to become an ISIS bride in... Read More
Trump Courts Trouble in Venezuela Feb. 21, 2019
When it comes to foreign policy, it's never clear whether American presidents have forgotten past fa... Read More
In Trump's Haste for a Foreign-Policy Victory, He Must Not Abandon Afghanistan Feb. 07, 2019
The Trump administration, anxious for some kind of a foreign-policy victory after repeated false sta... Read More
Troops Pay the Price for Trump's Syria Blunder Jan. 22, 2019
The tragic deaths of U.S. troops in northern Syria on Wednesday underscore how wrong — dead wr... Read More
Abnormal Times Jan. 18, 2019
In normal times, the killing of four Americans and wounding of three others on foreign soil would pr... Read More
