Democrats’ Extremist Crackup Makes Trump’s Governance Hugely Attractive To Swing Voters
The modern left was predicated on a tacit understanding between the liberal internationalists on one hand, and social democrats and closet Marxists on the other. That peace is shattered, for good.
Max Boot, Bye-Bye
Max Boot has announced he is no longer a conservative.
The Intellectual Dark Web Is Just Another Conservative Ghetto
If conservatives and other non-leftists hope to finally win the culture war and make sustained gains, they need to leave the ghetto or somehow transform it.
Why The Trump Administration Isn’t Yet Positioned To Push For An Islamic Reformation
This habit of seeing Islam through a narrow lens reinforces the likelihood that the Washington memo pushing for Islamic reformation is a significant strategy. It won’t work as planned.
Jennifer Rubin’s Flip-Flop On John Bolton Is Worthy Of Monty Python
Jennifer Rubin then: ‘If not Bolton himself, someone very much like him would be ideal in the No. 2 spot at State.’
Trump Is Keeping The Bush-Obama Foreign Policy Americans Hated
To Americans tired of military campaigns to social engineer governments in distant lands, Donald Trump suggested he might embrace a less belligerent foreign policy. That’s not happening.
Neocons’ Siren Song Has Divorced Republicans From Their Voters
You may have never heard of Robert Kagan or Max Boot, but they are hugely influential to the people you vote for.
Is A George W. Trump Foreign Policy Sustainable?
Donald Trump’s speech to the United Nations does its best to form a synthesis out of Steve Bannon’s nationalism and George W. Bush’s foreign policy.
Neocons, Iran Deal Opponents Celebrate Trump’s Foreign Policy At Summit
Speakers from both parties, including early and vociferous opponents of President Trump, trashed the deal while urging the president to take a harder line on Iran.
Why The Russia Story Says More About The Deep State Than It Does About Trump
The great risk is that intelligence bureaucracies become a government unto themselves, wholly unaccountable to elected officials. It’s already happening.
Why The Right Still Needs Bill Kristol
Bill Kristol need not bend his knee nor kiss the ring of the power. He’s playing hardball and making people angry, but then again, so is the president.
The Right Approach To The Middle East Is Between Interventionism And Isolationism
A conservative approach toward the Middle East today should not be a choice between the two extremes of isolationism or global policing.
Here’s Why Progressives Lose Their Minds When They Lose Elections
The Left, committed to perfect social justice and unlimited government, has no way forward. For them, everything is politics.
Martin Kramer Knows Why America Keeps Mucking Up The Middle East
‘If I have been focused on an establishment, it has been the monolithic one in Middle Eastern Studies, not the varied one in Washington. There you at least get some turnover.’
It’s Time To End Ideology-Based Foreign Policy
Both George W. Bush and Barack Obama’s foreign policies can be seen as classic examples of idealism overpowering cold analysis of facts.
Why Donald Trump Can’t Defeat Neocons
Donald Trump’s foreign policy program reminds us that many people are enthusiastic about contradictory nonsense when it seems to break through a persistent impasse.
U.S. Politics Realign Into Populists Versus Neoliberals
The previous political dividing line of liberals versus conservatives is no longer sufficient to describe the fault line in contemporary politics.
How To Rebuild Conservatism After Trump
People who love freedom in its various forms still need to work together to fight for it in the political arena. So we should start considering ways a new coalition can avoid old mistakes.
How To Revive Jewish Support For Israel
Current pro-Israel efforts among Jewish millennials will fail because they’re targeting the symptom rather than the syndrome.
Ted Cruz Is Not An Anti-Semite
You can disagree with Ted Cruz’s critique of Washington neoconservatives without accusing him of anti-Semitism.
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