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Reining in the Rogue Royal of Arabia Nov. 14, 2017
If the crown prince of Saudi Arabia has in mind a war with Iran, President Trump should disabuse his... Read More
A Bunny, a Burka, Sex and Revolution Oct. 06, 2017
Hugh Hefner dies at 91 and women in Saudi Arabia get royal permission to drive a car. These two mark... Read More
If You Can't Change Your Mind, Change the Subject Aug. 24, 2017
On the heels of his worst week in office, during which his crude comments about race were widely per... Read More
Trump Acts Like a Competent, Conventional President Abroad May. 26, 2017
What a difference a week makes. On May 19, President Donald Trump took off in Air Force One for the ... Read More
Trump's Harsh Message Worth Sending May. 26, 2017
Just when everyone here was deep in preoccupation with partisan fantasy over whether President Donal... Read More
Trump's Road to Riyadh May. 21, 2017
WASHINGTON — In the long list of things that few would have anticipated last year, consider th... Read More
Around the World, Tyrants Ascendant Dec. 25, 2016
John McCain is fond of saying, "It's always darkest just before it goes totally black." According to... Read More
Clinton Ally Reveals How Bill Clinton Helped Rehab the Saudis After 9/11 Sep. 23, 2016
As President Obama prepares to veto legislation giving the families of 9/11 victims the right to sue... Read More
Time Comes to Look at Support for Saudi Arabia Sep. 07, 2016
When the United States has friends like Saudi Arabia, who needs enemies? Last month, Congress releas... Read More
Questions Remain on Saudi Role in Sept. 11 Jul. 19, 2016
Formerly classified, 28 pages of a probe into the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks are a mystery no longer. T... Read More
Must America Pick Up Everybody's Defense Bills? Mar. 31, 2016
It seems strange that so few of my fellow TV binge-watchers have submitted to the fascinating Norweg... Read More
Financial Crisis Calls for Saudi Slowdown Jan. 21, 2016
For whatever reason, Wall Street has become obsessed, all of a sudden, with the price of crude oil. ... Read More
Will Mideast Allies Drag Us Into War? Jan. 05, 2016
The New Year's execution by Saudi Arabia of the Shiite cleric Sheikh Nimr Baqir al-Nimr was a delibe... Read More
Putin Will Find Appearances Can Deceive Oct. 15, 2015
It's now a tenet of conventional wisdom that our policy in Syria is an embarrassment as well as a fl... Read More
Why Can't Obama Treat Iran as He Treats Republicans? Jul. 17, 2015
Query: If President Obama's nuke deal with Iran is so wonderful, why do the major parties in Israel ... Read More
Obama's Foreign Policy Delusions Jun. 05, 2015
President Obama's stunning declaration that the global image of the United States has greatly improv... Read More
Obama Keeps Bowing in the Middle East Jan. 30, 2015
At the World Economic Forum last week, Secretary of State John Kerry argued that though extremists m... Read More
When in Riyadh, Don't Do as Royals Do Jan. 29, 2015
First lady Michelle Obama made an important statement when she showed up in Saudi Arabia with her hu... Read More
Saudi Sound System Making Waves Jul. 17, 2014
The Saudi government this week announced the upgrading of the sound system used by Mecca's grand mos... Read More
Tragic Death Forces Further Saudi Reform Apr. 03, 2014
Reform in Saudi Arabia continued this week, as plans were announced to allow 100 female nurses to re... Read More
