Soleimani killing wasn’t impulsive or irrational. But it is yet more evidence that the United States needs to stop trying to manage Middle East geopolitics.
Category Archives: International and national
Why the disconnent between our dreadful politics and the generally good condition of the country and state?
For Reagan, an improved economy meant that it was morning in America. For Trump, it’s thunderstorms everywhere, all the time.
Distrust of markets emerges on the right
Memo to Marco Rubio: The lesson that markets more productively allocate capital than politicians, intellectuals and bureaucrats apparently needs to be relearned from time to time.
In China deal, managed trade is the real winner
Trump got China to buy more stuff. But that dodges the strategic questions about U.S.-China relations.
What the IG report really shows about the Russia collusion investigation
The FBI investigation quickly got off the track, hit serial dead ends, and should have been shut down before metastasizing into special council Robert Mueller’s investigation.
Sorry cases both for and against impeachment
The Age of Trump seems to bring out the worst in everyone.
What Trump did was wrong, but it wasn’t bribery
Rather than follow the evidence, Democrats try to make it fit the charge their polling indicates is the most politically potent.
Why what Trump did in Ukraine was wrong
Trump wants Republicans to defend his behavior, not just attack the Democratic impeachment process. Here’s why defenses of his behavior are wanting.
Bloomberg should run as an independent
He doesn’t fit today’s Democratic Party. An independent candidacy would be beneficial at this political moment. And maybe lightning would strike.
Rather than Medicare for All, how about Medicaid for those who need it
Elizabeth Warren’s financing scheme for her Medicare for All plan is a dud. But her challenge about alternatives should be taken up.