In Other News: North Korea Still Has Nukes — and Is Making Them More Powerful
Even today, people seem to have forgotten that, at least in the short to medium run, North Korea poses arguably the greatest threat to the US, its interests, and its allies. (China is the great long-term strategic threat.) After...
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Why Is Iran’s Supreme Leader Still on Twitter?
Since 2009, Khamenei has spread antisemitic poison on Twitter, so him tweeting against Israel is nothing new. Over the past 11 days, however, his anti-Israel tweets have been especially prolific and egregious, showcasing blatant examples of antisemitism.
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Our Hundred Years’ War
In December, a Saudi national opened fire at US Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida, killing three American sailors and wounding eight other people. The gunman, 21-year-old Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, was an officer in Saudi Arabia’s Air Force who...
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Stacey Abrams and the Democrats’ Quest for Their Next Superhero
Stacey Abrams has been the subject of numerous similarly fawning, cringeworthy puff pieces in the past few days. One article in the New York Times explains how Abrams is “making politics a little less fake.”
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Iran Is Plotting to Attack Americans — in America
A common argument in the US — especially among the political left and the isolationist-leaning right — is that Iran doesn’t really threaten America. Sure, the argument goes, Iran’s regime does nasty things to its own people and to others...
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The Gray Lady Has a Jewish Problem
Today, 72 years after Israel declared independence, Israel’s enemies know they can’t defeat Israel militarily, so they use a different strategy: Make Israel look belligerent on the international stage to undermine the Jewish state politically, diplomatically, and economically. To...
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75 Years Later, Germany Has Learned the Wrong Lessons From World War II
On May 8, 1945, Nazi Germany surrendered to the Allies, ending World War II in Europe. Since then, Germany has clearly changed for the better, becoming a liberal, flourishing democracy. But exactly 75 years later, on VE Day, Germany...
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Michael Jordan, Elvis Presley, and the Intolerance of the Left
Because of the coronavirus, the biggest sporting event we now have is a documentary miniseries on Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls dominating professional basketball in the 1990s. But like everything else today, even “The Last Dance,” which ESPN is airing each Sunday from April 19 through May 17, cannot...
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Trump’s Secret Weapon for November: Joe Biden
Before the coronavirus hit, President Trump could take credit for a booming economy. Indeed, for the first three years of his presidency, economic growth was strong and consistent. Businesses were feeling confident. Americans had more money in their pockets.
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It’s Time for a Strategy to Win Cold War 2.0
Years from now, we’ll look back on the coronavirus pandemic as a pivotal turning point in the second Cold War, the conflict between the US and China for global supremacy.
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