Voltaire is supposed to have said that God is on the side of the big battalions, but there can be no denying that, even in this age of technology-driven conflict, when machines do much of the dirty work once done...
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Poland Stands Up For the West Against Russia—Again
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The McLaughlin Group (8 April 2018)
Last weekend I appeared again on the relaunched McLaughlin Group as the guest (AKA 4th chair) and it was lots of fun. Issues were important — Syria, the border and immigration, China, Russia, and the world generally going to hell...
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The McLaughlin Group (11 March 2018)
Last weekend I appeared again on the reborn McLaughlin Group — and it was a rollicking good time. Tom Rogan was an energetic host, as ever, and we got to dive pretty deep on issues of importance, above all the...
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Putin Gang Stunned by Theresa May’s Resolve
For the past dozen years, Russian President Vladimir Putin has employed his spies as assassins in the West, beginning with the murder of the defector Aleksandr Litvinenko in London in late 2006. Kremlin killers have left a trail of bodies...
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The McLaughlin Group (11 February 2018)
This past weekend I appeared on the reborn McLaughlin Group, the iconic political chat show which was a perennial favorite for three decades until the passing of its founder, John McLaughlin, in 2016. The show has recently returned to air,...
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It’s Time to Make Twitter Better
I joined Twitter five-and-a-half years ago, in the summer of 2012, and immediately found it a heady experience. Here was a place of free expression, where experts and average people could mingle and discuss issues of the day. There were...
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The Dead Sing With Dirt in Their Mouths
Our nuclear stand-off with North Korea shows no signs of abating. On the contrary, every day or two, it seems to get worse – with no end, or off-ramps, in sight. President Trump says or tweets something aggressive and shocking...
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Putin-Proofing the Balkans: A How-To Guide
The West needs to accept its mistakes in Southeastern Europe and correct them—before the Kremlin does In my last column, I explained how rising tumult in the Balkans threatens to bring chaos and war to that troubled region again, in a...
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Monica Crowley’s Remarkably Flagrant Literary Theft Couldn’t Be an Accident
President-elect Trump may want to reconsider hiring a known plagiarist to serve in his White House Plagiarism—that is, the intentional lifting of others’ words and passing them off as your own—is something that gets writers and academics excited but seldom...
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James Clapper, America’s Top Spymaster, Steps Down—Here’s What Happens Next
Staffing the next DNI is especially important for Trump, given his limited experience in espionage and national security This morning, as he appeared before the House Intelligence Committee, James Clapper, our Director of National Intelligence, announced his resignation, effective January...