Of Syria, Israel, and the United States
A world in which the United States does not lead – and lead proudly from the front, not meekly “from behind” – will be a world of more chaos and danger, and less peace and security
- 7 May 2013
No, Israel’s not the world’s big human rights problem
If you monitor United Nations proceedings, listen to political debates on college campuses, and take in much mainstream and new media, you might think that Israel is the world’s greatest human rights abuser. Of course, you'd be wrong
- 25 April 2013
Of Iran, nukes, and ponies
The gulf between Tehran’s intentions and the global community’s hopes of convincing it to change course is ever widening
- 11 April 2013
Christians slaughtered, world yawns
Christians are the single most widely persecuted religious group in the world today. When will global leaders, the media, and others of influence give this horror the attention it deserves?
- 28 March 2013
The cowed West strikes again
Governmental efforts in Europe to ensure a free flow of ideas in the public sphere remain woefully inadequate
- 12 March 2013
To Nasrallah, without love
An open letter to the leader of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah
- 27 February 2013
Obama’s visit won’t change Israeli-Palestinian stand-off
Enjoy your trip to the Holy Land, Mr. President. Just don’t expect to succeed where others have failed
- 14 February 2013
America’s lessons in governing
The Commentator’s European readers could learn lots from how we, in the United States of America, run our government
- 31 January 2013
All hail (and fear) America’s middle class
The US can’t address its long-term fiscal problems without forcing the middle class to receive less, pay more, or probably both
- 2 January 2013
What appointing Chuck Hagel would say about Obama
Hagel’s appointment to the Pentagon would be important less because of the advice that he’d give the President and more for what it would say about Obama’s comfort with his questionable views
- 19 December 2012
It's Hamas, stupid
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict will stand a better chance of resolution when Israel no longer has an armed terrorist group, with genocidal aspirations, running a “statelet” on its border
- 19 November 2012
About that "flexibility", Mr. President
Flexibility offers opportunities that extend far beyond the conventional approaches to crafting regional alliances, spearheading peace treaties, and imposing sanctions on outlaw nations
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Will Obama hang on? Three factors to watch
With unemployment uncertain, stocks shaky, and Benghazi a headache that will remain, though I expect Obama to edge a win, I wouldn’t put much money behind him
- 25 October 2012
Romney: For better and for worse
If Romney wins, America's broad voting public will be expecting the Mitt that earned a surge after his debate performance, but his party base will be expecting another
- 11 October 2012
When America dreamed
Make no mistake – the world needs American leadership. Besides, Americans need to dream again
- 12 September 2012
Latest on the blog
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