Robert B. Charles

Robert B. Charles


  • May 13, 2021

    Biden’s Failed Afghanistan Policy

    Afghanistan is not on a trajectory for internal peace without US and NATO engagement.  

  • March 3, 2016

    Justice Thomas, Candle in the Darkness

    To hear Justice Thomas answer hard questions, unpack and handle assumptions, and to watch his facility with historical reference points, is impressive. 

  • February 15, 2016

    The Court Appointment Belongs to Next President

    There is no justification for taking away from the next president the prerogative that will follow the pending election.

  • April 22, 2015

    Where is Federal Employee Accountability?

    Frustrated that it is almost impossible to fire federal employees who misbehave? You can thank Jimmy Carter.

  • April 2, 2015

    Beware the Jury of One

    In pardoning hardened drug dealers, Obama has cut against the grain of the longstanding constitutional and criminal justice system under which we live, common beliefs and understandings of most Americans, and the best interests of the country at large.

  • June 19, 2014

    What Should America Do in Iraq Now?

    The ultimate question about Iraq is not what we have done or not done, who is to blame for where we are, where the Iraqis are, or how we got to this miserable place, but what is morally right – at this time.

  • May 26, 2014

    We Americans...Must Be Americans

    As Memorial Day passes, pause with me to celebrate what We Americans have in common. 

  • April 11, 2014

    Truth, Obamacare and November

    Obamacare is a giant financial fraud.  After all, what are we but unwilling and deceived investors?

  • April 6, 2014

    Obama's Foreign Policy: Comedy of Errors

    Our president is showing himself to be the king and the jester at the same time when it comes to Ukraine (and elsewhere).  Neither is good.

  • March 7, 2014

    Obama and the Napoleon-Nixon Gene

    While both Obama and Nixon abused the power inherent in the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), at least Nixon kept his ‘enemies list’ short, and prosecutors out of the mix.