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Postmodernist Conservatism
Despite the 2016 election receding more into memory with each day and 2020 taking shape, elite “movement” conservatives have yet to show...
MC
Jul 1, 20196 min read


Having the Conversation
If there was a list compiled of the world’s current most important thinkers and visionaries then surely US President Donald Trump’s name...
MC
Sep 14, 20187 min read


The Singapore Sling
It’s a batting average no one involved should be proud of. For the past generation, sitting American presidents have tried confrontation,...
MC
Jun 21, 20186 min read


Eating Hats: The Korean Thaw
The recent stunning revelation this that CIA Director (and the likely next Secretary of State) Mike Pompeo met with North Korea’s leader...
Jeremiah
Apr 25, 201812 min read


Trading Barbs...For Now
Everyone pause and take a deep breath. Donald Trump is right -- the United States is not in a trade war with China. Yet. As the rhetoric...
MC
Apr 20, 20188 min read


Trump's Nixon Moment
Be still the palpitating hearts of those who see in the above title an analogy to Watergate (though that may yet come from Robert...
MC
Mar 13, 201810 min read


What Trump Teaches Us About Education
Perhaps it is providential that a figure so garishly inarticulate as Donald Trump landed in the White House when he did. His very...
MC
Feb 20, 20185 min read


Teflon Don Strikes Back: The Trump Era --Part Three
1.Elephants in the Room The Watergate scandal was a laborious exercise in connecting the dots, linking some hapless amateur burglars to...
MC
Feb 5, 20184 min read


The Trump Era: Part Two (Mr. GOP)
It’s surreal watching North Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham leap to President Donald Trump’s defense on cable TV, denouncing “this...
MC
Jan 29, 20186 min read


Sanity Check
In history, everything old invariably becomes new again. Was this petty, snarling man, so seemingly utterly lacking in presidential...
MC
Jan 22, 20189 min read


The Trump Era: Part One
There he is, the President, duality personified: both immovable object and irresistible force, unsmiling with slitty eyes beneath that...
Jeremiah
Jan 1, 20185 min read


Becalmed At Home: Eroding Abroad
Almost a year into the Trump presidency, the United States domestically has not gone over a cliff. It's constitution-guaranteed system...
Jeremiah
Nov 28, 201710 min read


The Pitfalls of Positive Thinking
Donald Trump is a self-help advocate. He always has tried to create his own reality by saying what he wants to be true. Where many see...
MC
Nov 7, 20179 min read


Trump on the Couch
During his failed 2016 campaign for the Republican nomination, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush predicted that, if elected, Donald Trump...
MC
Sep 21, 201712 min read


Freedom Day: America at 241
The black and white footage flickers intermittently, grainy with age, occasionally shifting out of focus. Large auditorium doors swing...
MC
Jul 7, 20179 min read


In the Wings: Mike Pence's Quiet Audition
A few months ago, during the most vicious exchanges in the 2016 US presidential election, a popular refrain among those dismayed by both...
MC
Jun 23, 20178 min read


An Innocent Abroad: Trump's Trip
Little matters more to Donald Trump, the living brand-turned-American president, than pomp and imagery. Trump staffed his government (at...
MC
Jun 1, 20178 min read


Trump Besieged
President Donald Trump faces a significant challenge over the next few months to hang on to office and survive the gravest of charges...
MC
May 25, 20177 min read


Method in His Madness: Trump & China Part Two
Most presidents of the United States search for a catchphrase that best encapsulates their vision for the nation: JFK called his “The New...
MC
May 9, 20175 min read


Method in His Madness: The Trump Foreign Policy
Most presidents of the United States search for a catchphrase that best encapsulates their vision for the nation: JFK called his “The New...
MC
May 5, 20175 min read
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