Andrew Bacevich has written a series of blunt, scouring assaults on American foreign policy and the way we use our military. By the sound of Rachel Maddow’s NYTBR review , he was soft-pedaling. Now the gloves are off, in his latest, Breach of Trust: How Americans Failed Their Soldiers and . . . . Continue Reading »
I think that these Yuval Levin posts on civil society and politics go along very well this recent Gabriel Rossman post over at The American Scene. Rossman’s post is especially good at thinking through how the left conceives of the government as the primary avenue for dealing with our . . . . Continue Reading »
What jumps out from this New York Times article is an incredibly stupid comment by David Leege, but the most important part has to do with how the Republican establishment is trying to sell itself. The self-serving malice of an academic is less damaging than the self-serving delusions of the . . . . Continue Reading »
I thought John Kerry did a beautiful job, a presidential job, trying to convince the American people and the world that we ought to go to war against Syria. Really brilliant, save one problem, that we would be siding with Al Qaeda in the conflict. Or rather, not siding with them as much . . . . Continue Reading »
So why is Rand Paul sticking up for NBC and CNN? The Republican National Committee is threatening to boycott those two networks over the production of presumed hagiographies of Hillary Clinton. Why is Rand Paul standing up for liberal-leaning organizations who are boosters of Clinton? The reason is . . . . Continue Reading »
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Americans think of ourselves as entrepreneurs, innovators, and self-starters. That description fits plenty of American businessmen, but in the world we inhabit many technological advances that fuel mega-sized companies started in government programs. John Judis makes this point concisely in a . . . . Continue Reading »
I’ve been trying to avoid thinking about the next presidential election but . . . 1. It will be tough for a guy who supports a tax increase on middle-class parents to go distance with the Republican nominating electorate. I don’t think that is what the median Republican voter . . . . Continue Reading »
Baseball Crank has a terrific set of rules for running for president as a Republican. Even if you paren’t planning to run for president, his rules are a pretty good way of looking at politics. My personal favorite is: 17-Never assume the voters are stupid or foolish, but also . . . . Continue Reading »
Byron York pointed out that Santorum has been one of the few Republicans who spent the 2012 trying to emphasize the problems of the struggling middle-class. Santorum was talking about the wage-earners who had not graduated college while the Republican ticket was publicly obsessed with extolling the . . . . Continue Reading »
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