How America Dominates the World: Manipulations, Sex, and Money
Chamake Mauriene reveals America’s secret to world domination in Pravda.
Was Obama’s ‘Afghan Surge’ A Failure?
To much fanfare, President Obama announced a shift in Afghan War policy in December 2009. There’s little evidence it’s worked.
CIA Vaccine Plot Makes Vaccinations Harder; Who Could Have Known?
CFR’s Laurie Garrett has a piece in The Atlantic headlined “Good Job, CIA: Your Pakistan Vaccine Plot Helped Bring Polio Back From the Brink of Eradication.”
How Obama Became a Hawk
The president has come a long way from his days as a “liberal law professor who campaigned against the Iraq war.”
Does It Matter If A Presidential Candidate Never Served In The Military?
For the first time in 68 years, neither major party candidate for President has served in the military. Does this matter?
The American Taliban (at Least in Terms of Rhetoric)
The phrase “American Taliban” is usually off the mark. However, sometimes it is closer to the mark than we might like.
T-Shirts, Airlines, and the Limits of Political Speech
A story headlined “American Airlines Rejects Female Passenger Because Political Pro-Choice T-Shirt is ‘Inappropriate'” is going viral.
Are Today’s College Students Dumber and Lazier?
The Wall Street Journal publishes a screed aimed at those about to graduate college.
Drone Creep and the Rumsfeld Question
My first piece for The New Republic, “Why the Obama Administration’s Drone War May Soon Reach a Tipping Point,” is up.
Insurmountable Obstacles in Afghanistan
My latest for The National Interest,Insurmountable Obstacles in Afghanistan, has been posted.
American Soldier Kills At Least 15 Afghan Civilians
A tragic incident in Afghanistan that’s likely to have tragic consequences.
Afghan Protests Prove, It’s Time For Us To Leave
The latest round of protests in Afghanistan prove yet again that it’s time for us to leave.
Mitt Romney’s Bizarre Take On Obama’s Afghanistan Decision
Mitt Romney’s statements about the planned early draw down in Afghanistan make no sense whatsoever.
Losing Afghanistan A Year Sooner Beats Alternative
Everything the critics say about the decision is right–and so is the decision.
The American Public Is Not SEAL Team Six
Last night’s State Of The Union Address contained another unfortunate example of the prevalence of militaristic rhetoric in domestic politics.
State of the Union Post Mortem
The speech did exactly what it was supposed to do: kick off Obama’s re-election campaign while disguised as a call for unity.
Does America Spend More Than Next 10 Nations Combined on Defense?
A Washington Post fact check calls this “true but false.”
Defense Bill Allows For Indefinite Military Detention of American Citizens
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 authorizes the President the authority to indefinitely detain persons, even American citizens arrested on American soil, without trial because they allegedly support the enemy.
Herman Cain: Taliban and al Qaeda Part of Libya Government
Herman Cain has either doubled down on his foreign policy ignorance or proven himself a man of great nuance.
Republican Foreign Policy Debate: Winners and Losers
Huntsman will gain little if any traction and none of the frontrunners really helped or hurt themselves.
Karzai: Afghanistan Would Side With Pakistan in War With USA
Our good friend Hamid Karzai, contemplating a war between the United States and our good allies Pakistan, says that he would of course fight with Pakistan.
Obama Sending Troops to Fight Lord’s Resistance Army
Obama is trying to get into Guinness under “US President with Most Simultaneous Wars”
What Is Iran Up To, If They’re Up To Anything?
What’s the logic behind Iran’s alleged plot to commit terrorist attacks inside the United States?
