David Stockman discusses the outrage that has followed President Trump's movement of a few dozen troops out of northeastern Syria. Stockman is quick to clarify that this is not even a withdrawal of troops, just a relocation from one part of the country into another,...
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The Presidential Candidates On Russian Aggression Against Ukraine
They are all horrible. Note that Joe Biden answered this before all the Ukraine impeachment scandal hit. CFR invited the presidential candidates challenging President Trump in the 2020 election to articulate their positions on twelve critical foreign policy issues....
Argentina’s Faux “Neoliberalism”
On August 11, 2019, the presidential ticket of Alberto Fernández and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner pulled off a major electoral upset against incumbent President Mauricio Marci in the Argentine primary elections. Based on their performance last month, they’ll be able...
The Moment
As an outsider, I had found the ritual of US presidential elections to be fascinating, a helpless voyeur watching how the ebb and flow of war and peace may unfold for the coming years. By that time, I had lost interest in voting, I had become cynical and jaded wary...
State Gun Control in America: A Historic Guide to Major State Gun Control Laws and Acts
The Second Amendment guarantees American citizens the right to bear arms, but both federal and state governments determine how citizens may legally exercise that right. And while both federal and state gun control laws regularly change, laws at the state level change...
News Roundup 10/1/19
US News Immigration officials use free translation services like Google Translate to read the social media posts of refugee applicants. [Link] Haiti Protests in Haiti are escalating. Police used live fire to break up protests last week. [Link] Europe Croatia announced...
Impeachment…or CIA Coup?
You don’t need to be a supporter of President Trump to be concerned about the efforts to remove him from office. Last week House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced impeachment proceedings against the President over a phone call made to the President of Ukraine. According...
News Roundup 9/30/19
Venezuela Trump bans senior Venezuelan officials and their family members from entering the US. [Link] Afghanistan The Afghan election commission had no contact with 900 of the 4900 polling stations. [Link] Indications are that Afghan voter turnout is meager. [Link]...
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