Writing in the American Conservative, Daniel Larison tells readers: Rejecting the deal (Iran nuclear deal) will be a liability for the GOP, and its impact will probably be most noticeable in the presidential election. The party’s general hostility to a major diplomatic success will make foreign policy issues more of a problem for the eventual […]
Marco Rubio Wrong for America, Part II
The editors of the American Conservative tell readers that neoconservatives “are keen to build up people like Jamie Fly—now a top council on national security to Marco Rubio and formerly the director of a think tank founded by Kristol (Bill) and fellow neoconservatives Dan Senor and Robert Kagan. FPI is the sister to Kristol and […]
The Ruination of the French Riviera
Taki Theodoracopulos, writing in the American Conservative, tells readers, “The ruination of the French Riviera by greedy developers and vulgar nouveaux riches is a body blow very hard to recover from. I invested 35 summers, and I hate to think the amount of money and now I have nothing to show for it but a […]
Rand Paul Against The Iran Nuclear Deal
The American Conservative’s Daniel Larison labels Rand Paul’s arguments shoddy. Paul says the deal is bad because (1) sanctions relief precedes evidence of compliance and (2) Iran is left with significant nuclear capacity. Mr. Larison tells readers: (1) “There was bound to be some sanctions relief up front to give Iran’s negotiators something that they […]
Iowa Imports 80% of Its Own Food
Read from the American Conservative: “Iowa is the heart of corn and soybean country. These two heavily subsidized crops make up the lions share of American agricultural production – and they’re pretty much inedible for the farmers who grow them, as well as for their surrounding communities. As Michael Pollan writes in The Omnivore’s Dilemma, […]
Huckabee—Ill-Informed and Fanatical
Read striking commentary from conservative writer Daniel Larison on Huckabee’s promise in his presidential announcement speech: “As president, I promise you that we will no longer merely try to contain jihadism. We will conquer it.” Larison continues: This is in keeping with Republican hawks’ allergy to the concept of containment in any contemporary context, but […]
RIP Paris Based Antiwar Correspondent William Pfaff
Scott McConnell tells readers in theamericanconservative.com, “There are plenty of smart people who write both columns and books. But Pfaff was unique in excelling at both, as well as being ‘prematurely’ correct on the two biggest American foreign policy disasters of his lifetime, Vietnam and Iraq.” Regarding Pfaff, McConnell writes, “But really nowhere in the […]
Scottish Labor Party Massacre
Daniel Larison explains in the American Conservative that the Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) may grab every seat in the House of Commons in next week’s election. In the span of just five years, the Labour Party has gone from dominating Scotland in national elections to becoming a footnote. The rot may have set in long […]
“We Need to Stop Trying to Run the Whole World”
Rep. John J. Duncan, writing in the American Conservative tells readers “it has been a horrible mistake to spend trillions on unnecessary wars in the Middle East.” Rep. Duncan continues Eisenhower “famously warned us at the end of his Presidency about the dangers of being controlled by a very powerful military-industrial complex.” In conclusion John […]
Marco Rubio on the Wrong Track
In terms of foreign policy, I rarely find that presidential candidate Marco Rubio has adequately thought out the positions he so boldly champions. This is especially so when the subject of consequences is raised. Daniel Larison writes: Foreign policy is supposed to be Rubio’s calling card, as it is supposed to be Lindsey Graham’s, but […]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- …
- 17
- Next Page »