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May 8, 2025
What Does ‘Appeasement’ Mean?People use the word as if it’s still 1938, but the word’s meaning has changed significantly since that time.
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April 29, 2025
The Battle of the Russo-Ukraine War NarrativesWith some wars, the immediate post-war narrative (e.g., WWII) never shifts, but with others, history has, or will have, a great deal to say.
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April 22, 2025
‘Make Peace, You Fools! What Else Can You Do?’The Russo-Ukraine war has reached a point at which Ukraine can lose through diplomacy or through a rout on the battlefield.
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October 8, 2024
Forever Wars, This WayWestern hegemony is passing, but for reasons other than the war in Ukraine.
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June 29, 2023
America’s ‘Revolutionary moment’The war in Ukraine has revealed many challenges to current U.S. foreign policy.
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June 16, 2023
Do Not Underestimate Russia’s ResolveRussians believe that losing this fight would not amount to just a setback from which Russia could later recover; it would be tantamount to Russia’s losing its historical identity, not merely as a country but as a civilization.
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February 25, 2023
Biden Denies the Russians a ChoiceIt is not the case that the only alternatives in an American confrontation with another nuclear-armed power is either a “humiliating retreat” or nuclear war.
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February 13, 2023
The Debate over the Origins of the War in UkraineWho started this one? The Russians, or everyone else?
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December 7, 2021
'Partition' Lebanon: Here's WhyLebanon is a mess these days, and it's time to reconsider how its government works.
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August 25, 2021
Bitcoin, Fiat Currencies, and ... GoldCould Bitcoin be tied to a new gold standard?
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July 12, 2021
Bitcoin, or Bitter Con?Bitcoin has considerable downsides: Free market economist Nassim Taleb wins hands down in any argument over the blather of bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto.
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April 28, 2021
How to save Lebanon from a hyperinflationary collapseHyperinflation dissolves savings and social stability. Lebabon has an opportunity to demonstrate a solution.
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September 9, 2020
Libertarians Unite! -- Behind Trump, That IsAre the libertarians -- the quintessential rogue voters -- starting to break for Trump?
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June 26, 2019
Understanding Leftists in Three Easy StepsAmerica is fighting a culture war and the Progressive Left is the aggressor.
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June 13, 2019
The profound intellectual and moral vacuity of Kirsten GillibrandGillibrand on abortion, racism, and religion.
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January 9, 2019
President Trump Should Reform the FedPresident Trump should use the occasion of his upcoming State of the Union address to call for legislation reforming the Federal Reserve System and for examining alternative ways to conduct monetary policy.
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December 28, 2018
The Fed’s Nightmare ScenarioThe path is open for the Fed to reverse course on its recent rate hikes. But what if the economy does not respond as intended? What if, as in Japan’s experience, the interest rate tool becomes ineffective when it is close to zero?
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November 29, 2018
The Dollar Dearth and the U.S. EconomyThe Fed needs to modify its current interest rate and asset drawdown policy.
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October 27, 2018
The Fed Trumps TrumpThe president is right to be concerned. Excessive Fed hawkishness right now is a serious danger to the economy.
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October 16, 2018
Mr. President, Money's Broken. Please Fix It.Monetary reform is not a grassroots issue. What is needed is a president who intuitively grasps the interests of those who would benefit the most from a stable dollar.