Henry M. Jackson

May 4, 2018 | Reuel Marc Gerecht

The Iran Deal Is Strategically and Morally Absurd

It was surely Barack Obama’s profound aversion to the use of American military power that so enfeebled his nuclear diplomacy and made his atomic accord with Iran the worst arms-control agre...

October 16, 2017 | Mark Dubowitz |

Has Trump Fixed the ‘Worst Deal Ever’? Kinda, Sorta

As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump made a lot of promises: repealing Obamacare, tax cuts for all, and of course this big, beautiful pledge:...

April 18, 2016 | Mark Dubowitz |

A Clinton Iran approach Republicans could support

Hillary Clinton, who is in the course of a fierce struggle for the affection of the Democratic base, is not about to disown the JCPOA, President Obama’s signature second-term accomplishment...

August 18, 2015 | Mark Dubowitz |

How to Get a Better Deal With Iran

The Iran nuclear deal is a ticking time bomb. Its key provisions sunset too quickly, and it grants Iran too much leverage to engage in nuclear blackmail. To defuse it, Congress needs to do what i...

August 12, 2015 | Clifford D. May |

Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Chuck Schumer a Letter

Or may I call you “Chuck”? About 30 years ago when I first met you, you were an informal kind of guy. You had recently been elected to the House from a district in Brooklyn and Queens...

February 10, 2015 | John Hannah |

How Congress Became the Fall Guy for Obama’s Iran Deal

One of the more astounding features of the current controversy over the Iran nuclear negotiations is the extent to which Congress is being set up to take the blame if the...

June 3, 2014 | Clifford D. May

Obama’s Performance At West Point

As a presidential candidate, Barack Obama promised to bring us together and, on foreign policy, he may be making belate...

December 20, 2012 | Lee Smith Tablet

Pollard Defenders Vindicated

After 25 years, the CIA has declassified documents that show Jonathan Pollard never spied on the U.S. for Israel

August 9, 2012 | Clifford D. May |

Jeane Kirkpatrick’s War

It was against totalitarianism. And it’s far from over.

August 9, 2012 | Clifford D. May |

Jeane Kirkpatrick’s War

It was against totalitarianism. And it’s far from over.

April 1, 2011 | Washington Post

Beyond Iran Sanctions

On Wednesday a new organization came on the scene: Freedom House and the Progressive Policy Institute today announced the creation of an Iran Strategy Task Force, Beyond Sanctions: The Next...

December 20, 2010 | National Review Online |

Advise, Don’t Consent

President Obama is writing to the wrong people, and those wrong people are hopelessly confused about his power and their own. This is how bad agreements are born. Senate Republicans coul...

August 29, 2006 | Townhall

Helping to Return Joe Lieberman to the Senate

What a sad spectacle these last few days, as Sens. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., and John Kerry, D-Mass., and even former Vice President Al Gore have been falling all over themselves in condemning the...

August 9, 2006 | Clifford D. May Scripps Howard News Service

The August Purge of Joe Lieberman

Until this week, Senator Joseph Lieberman was the most prominent representative of the Scoop Jackson wing of the Democratic Party. Now, that wing is down to its last few feathers. On Tue...

April 23, 2006 | |

Israel’s Fence, With all its Implications, is an Absolute Necessity

Having traveled to Israel recently and many times over the past 35 years or so, I take profound exception to the accusations leveled at Israel by my old friend and syndicated columnist Robert Nov...

July 21, 2004 | Clifford D. May |

Clear and Present Danger; American’s Enemies Target Democrats and Republicans Alike

Bipartisan alliances have become a rarity in Washington. But this week, in a small room in the Capitol, Sen. Joseph Lieberman, a Democrat from Connecticut, and Sen. Jon Kyl, a Republican from Ari...

June 23, 2004 | Clifford D. May

Family Feuds: Some of the Best Fights Take Place Within the Parties

The media – television in particular -- tend to view every issue through a partisan lens: Republicans vs. Democrats, liberals vs. conservatives. Convenient as this shorthand may be, it lose...

December 18, 2003 | Clifford D. May Front Page Magazine

Symposium: Snatching Saddam

Saddam has been captured. What does this development signify for the Iraq war and the War on Terror? Frontpage Symposium explores the issue with three distinguished guests: James Woolsey, directo...

June 18, 2003 | Clifford D. May

The Democrats’ Dilemma

Democrats face a dilemma: The war on terrorism has restored national security as a priority issue just as a new presidential-election campaign is beginning to take shape. That's a p...

May 20, 2003 | Donna Brazile Wall Street Journal

What Would Scoop Do?

By Donna Brazile and Timothy Bergreen Forty-eight hours after President Bush told a cheering throng of sailors on the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln that major combat in Iraq was over,...