America’s Deadliest Experiment Has Reached a Dead-End
This country’s global preeminence, which remained indisputable for decades--not just in theory but in fact--is in decline. Where does that leave us?
The Critical Lessons Biden Must Learn From FDR and LBJ
The two former presidents had domestic reform plans that were derailed by war. Will Biden learn from them that domestic and foreign policy can't help but bleed into one another?
Joe Biden Must Learn from America’s Failed Wars
Have any of our leaders really come to grips with the striking American ability in the last 60 years to get into but not out of wars?
Will Trump Really Be the One to End Our Forever Wars?
Partial withdrawals are reportedly soon to be underway in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Somalia as Donald Trump tries to make good on a promise at the eleventh hour of his presidency.
Reframing America’s Role in the World
Why do so many aspects of American policy abroad remain ill-considered and undiscussed even in the midst of the most embattled presidential campaign of our lifetimes?
Patton and Westy Meet in a Bar: A Play in One Act
To illustrate the scope of the dishonesty in the U.S. military and its implications, I’ve conjured up a conversation between three senior army officers.
What Happens If Biden Wins?
If he seriously intends to be more than a relic of pre-Trump liberal centrism, how exactly should President Biden go about making his mark?
The All-American Way: MLK’s Giant Triplets
Racism is a massive problem, but hardly our only one. As King sought to remind us, there are at least two others of comparable magnitude.
Andrew Bacevich: A Greatest Generation We Are Not
We’re two decades into a new century, one in which the U.S. has been fighting a series of wars that won’t end and in which this country has only recently…