There are plenty of facts to be found. For this exercise in prognostication, I leave it to Dear Reader to find their own, connect them as they will, and make of the […]
U.S.-Mexico Relations Tea Leaf Reading
Healing the never-ending national trauma of September 11
Every September 11 we reopen our national wounds and remind ourselves why we should be afraid. It’s past time for the public vigils to become private so we can give ourselves permission to heal.
Help me Governor McCrory, you’re my only hope
The Syrian refugees who are currently undergoing a two year vetting process had nothing to do with the attacks in Paris. They are the Albert Einsteins trying to get out of Nazi […]
Foreign policy: make Iraq great again
image courtesy of dailysignal.com The […]
For Memorial Day – The Promise
He was a surprise, actually, or “unplanned,” as they call such things, but in the coming years, no one ever really remembered that part. She read Doctor Spock, just to get ready, […]
Burning alive of Jordanian fighter pilot more evidence Islamic State refuses to grow up
By burning alive Jordanian fighter pilot Moaz al-Kasasbeh, the Islamic State reinforced an apparent commitment to behave like a terrorist organization, not a state. It’s well known that revolutionary movements and/or terrorist […]
Sounding the alarm about the Islamic State does not have to be a call to arms
Nor does glossing over the Islamic State’s ultraviolence help make the case for non-intervention. On Dec. 18, the Guardian published a report by a team of reporters, including Focal Points contributor Ali […]
Maliki big loser in the blame game
However vindictive and mule-headed, Prime Minister Maliki doesn’t deserve all the blame for the success of ISIS in Iraq. Everyone wants to blame Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki for the military success […]
Bill Clinton v. Darth Cheney on Iraq: yes, but….
Clinton’s comments on Cheney and Iraq are 100% correct. But they ignore something important. Bill Clinton has taped an interview that will air tomorrow. In it, he’s asked about Dick Cheney’s attacks on President […]
The two faces of ISIS: summary executions and planting flowers
The march of the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham is marked by both savagery and the provision of social services. At the Washington Post Monkey Cage, Andrew Shaver and Gabriel Tenorio […]
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