The life, times and foreign policies of Jimmy Carter
One of his wisest advisors attempts to give them a new and improved look.
Andrew Young
Defining violent extremism down
Death, where is thy sting? For Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, it certainly didn’t come from the mainstream media. The 82-year-old former Iranian president died of a heart attac...
Op-eds
The search for elusive Iranian moderates
Ruhollah Khomeini was a man of religious faith and revolutionary fervor, committed to waging jihad until, in his words, “the writ of Islam is obeyed in every country in the world.” Bu...
Op-eds
France Derails Iranian ‘Sucker’s Deal’
Well into last weekend it looked as though Iran was going to win the latest round of negotiations — by a knockout, not on points. Secretary of State John Kerry had flown to Geneva to sign a...
Op-eds
Jeane Kirkpatrick’s War
It was against totalitarianism. And it’s far from over.
Op-eds
Jeane Kirkpatrick’s War
It was against totalitarianism. And it’s far from over.
Op-eds
Re: Re: Willful Blindness, Etc.
James Clapper is the director of national intelligence, so he must know what he’s talking about. I mean, who are you going to believe? DNI Clapper or the Muslim Brother...
Op-eds
Cancer, Carter and Obama
There are some eery similarities between Egypt 2011 and Iran 1979, and some of them are unfortunately about American leadership. There are some big differences, too, but for the moment let&...
Op-eds
Egypt: Revolution? By Whom? For What?
As I’ve remarked in the past–but you can’t say the truth too often, right? — nobody knows what a revolution looks like. And in fact that last clause may be very misl...
Op-eds
Canada Stands Up to Iran
Last week, Canada’s Free Thinking Film Society — love that name — was scheduled to screen Iranium, a new documentary about the regime that has ruled Iran since 1979, its d...
Op-eds
Iran’s Unhappy Anniversary
I was present at the creation - to borrow a phrase from Dean Acheson, Secretary of State to President Truman. Acheson, of course, was speaking of the origins of the Cold War. I am referring to th...
Op-eds
The Problem of Evil
Since 9/11, Michael Ledeen has been warning that this war against America was never about Afghanistan or Iraq, but has always been a regional war, with malefactors are up to no good around the wo...
Op-eds
U.N.’s Human Shields
As part of international efforts to end the conflict in southern Lebanon, there has emerged the scheme of a United Nations peacekeeping force to separate the opposing forces. NPR reports that U.N...