The best way to deal with Putin’s aggression, inspired by Eurasianist Alexander Dugin, is to drive Russian asset values sharply downward while isolating Russia and its oligarchs from international financial institutions. There is also no debate that a plan to drive oil prices downward would have a powerful negative impact on Russia. On a somewhat […]
The Benghazi Cover Up: It Gets Worse
The principals are known. Why have they not been arrested? Here the WSJ looks into the botched effort Congress has made of the cover up investigation. Last week’s encounter between former acting CIA Director Michael Morell and the House Permanent Subcommittee on Intelligence may have brought us a bit closer to the truth of how […]
Russia the World’s Pro-Family Leader?
Is Russia truly a Christian country? Does Vladimir Putin actually believe that it is Russia that is on God’s side and that the West is Gomorrah? And has Putin entered a claim that Moscow is the Godly City of today and command post of the counter-reformation against the new paganism? Pat Buchanan offers a startling […]
Buy an American War on Iran?
If there is a single fat-cat Republican donor who must be shunned by any serious 2016 presidential candidate, this is the guy. Pat Buchanan pries open a festering stew pot that should give every American cause for concern. For four days ending Sunday, a quartet of presidential hopefuls trooped to Las Vegas to attend the […]
Dateline France Elections: Front National (FN) Embarrasses Hollande Socialists
Although NKM came up short in her gaffe-prone bid to become the first lady mayor of Paris, the rest of the news from Sunday’s second round of voting was breathtakingly ugly for Francois Hollande and his imploding Socialist party. The French people, by in large, are fed up with French politics as usual and have […]
Is NATO Less Formidable in Countering Russia?
The New York Times would have Americans believe yes, by referring back to cold war levels of troop deployment and a strange philosophy of a resurgent Russia. My Cato Institute friend Chris Preble pulls the Times editors away from the brink of hysteria with some logic and common sense. We have cut military spending modestly, […]
Putin Bares His Russian Soul
In the WSJ, Peggy Noonan reflects on Vladimir Putin’s remarkable speech last week at the Kremlin. As Peggy writes, “It was a full-throated appeal to Russian nationalism and an unapologetic expression of Russian grievance.” I think we got a deep look at Mr. Putin’s attitudes and goals in his speech last week at the Kremlin, […]
Dateline Russia: Through the Eyes Of Vladimir Putin
Pat Buchanan lays out the demise of the Soviet Union and suggests that we take a look at the breakup through the eyes of Mr. Putin and the Russian people. Pat’s point is rarely if ever made here in America, but it is well worth more than a passing look. As the old saying goes, […]
Panic, Anti-Immigration and Secession Fires Spread Across Europe
The National Front’s shocking success at the polls has rocked the socialist boat in France. In Italy and Britain, rebellious factions are gaining momentum and change is in the air. Anti-immigration is the theme of the National Front in France. And an anti-European Union theme is running strong not only in France, but in Britain […]
War Hawks Circling Over Ukraine
Bellicose war hawks would bring Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia into NATO while moving U.S troops and warplanes into Poland. Obama and Kerry cry out “all options are on the table.” Tired and miss-guided treaties of yore commit America to defend the Philippines, Japan and South Korea, for three, against aggression. Is it not long past […]