Part of the West's ideology holds that Islam is irredeemably illiberal. So if "we" have to use violence against Muslim societies, so be it: they are too medieval to be reasoned with. But of course it ain't so. Writes Christopher de Bellaigue, author of The Islamic...
Wow, what great theater last night! What a great performance! It’s as if Trump had studied the State of the Union speeches of past presidents and taken ingredients from each to come up with a policy feast for a hungry public. The cooks in his policy kitchen are...
Trump plans to cut the State Department budget by 37%. [Link] The Trump Administration will drop its challenge to a Texas voter ID law. [Link] The US will spend $400 billion over the next ten years on its nuclear weapons arsenal. [Link] US veterans of the Iraq War...
This article originally appeared at Anti-Media. Washington, D.C. — “And we’re nowhere. Actually, if you think about it, we’re less than nowhere. The Middle East is far worse than it was sixteen, seventeen years ago. There’s not even a contest. So we’ve spent...
