March 31, 2010

Obama's attempt to impose peace on Israel

American efforts to broker a Mideast peace began in the 1970s, yet after almost 40 years we have remarkably little to show for it.

March 13, 2010

Will passing Obamacare jolt us into reality?

So bad, it might wake people up.

February 24, 2010

Problem solved?

Worried about a third party candidate splitting the conservative vote? Help appears to be on the way.

February 2, 2010

Getting down to work

For all the talk of an Obama pivot, no one seems to be talking about the actual changes he would have to make in how he does business.

August 10, 2009

Notes of a Puzzled Wannabe Mobster

Some basic questions from a tea party wannago

June 26, 2009

The old double standard

Imagine the outcry if a conservative, white politician...

June 22, 2009

When America's Enemies Experience Domestic Unrest

I was a young U.S. diplomat in Poland in 1980, and what I learned is that people's entire frame of reference is transformed if they can say something in public that previously could only be said in private.

April 28, 2009

Obama as the new FDR - unfortunately

At first I thought I had mistaken my catch-up reading for the morning paper.

December 7, 2008

Bosnia and global jihad

The nomination of Hillary Clinton to be Secretary of State brings back memories of the time when Bosnia represented the primary foreign policy success of her husband's administration.