Tag: usa
The new Iran deal is a monumental gamble. But Trump has...
The U.S. and Iran will sign a landmark agreement in Geneva, pivoting from military containment to economic and diplomatic engagement.
How the Rhetoric of Borders Justifies the Erosion of Rights
Tyranny’s objective is to render the tyrant’s power absolute. Under these conditions, the rule of law becomes a dangerous rival to the tyrant’s will...
The Psychology of a Summit: Trump’s ‘Two-Minute’ Test and the High-Stakes...
Ahead of his Friday summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska, US President Donald Trump expressed optimism about the opportunity for normalizing trade...
The Myth That Atomic Bombs Ended World War II Must Be...
The 80th anniversary of the United States’ nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and Japan’s surrender in 1945 have produced an understandable wave of...
These Are the Times That Try Men’s Souls
Something is afoot. Recently, the economist Guy Standing invoked Thomas Paine’s old adage, that we are living in times that try men’s souls. Standing's...
On Garber’s Letter of Resolve
There has been a lot of fanfare and commotion around the letter Harvard President, Alan Garber, wrote to the Harvard community titled, “Our of...
What Ails America And How to Fix It
America is a country of undoubted vast strengths - technological, economic, and cultural – yet its government is profoundly failing its own citizens and the world. Trump’s victory is easy to understand. It was a vote...
How the bullet that missed Trump, has hit Joe Biden
The wide-spread view across the media appears to be that the assassin’s bullet that narrowly missed Donald Trump, may have, oddly enough, made it...
How to evaluate the memory of anybody, Including the President
A media furor has developed over whether the president of the United States has such severe memory problems as to question his capacity to lead the...
Beyond the age of hegemony
In the 16th century, Spain became the first global empire. By the 19th century, Britain became a global hegemon. After World War II, the US took over as the new global hegemon. Now...









