Iowa

August 31, 2023 | Ivana Stradner |

Russia Is Not the Champion of Christian and Traditional Values

For years, Putin has sought to present Russia as the champion of Christian and traditional values. He portrays the West as a dystopia of decadence, where elites push “strange and trendy ideas like...

July 26, 2023 | Annie Fixler, Charles O’Connor

America’s Food Supplies Face Growing Cyber Threats 

Produce giant Dole disclosed to federal and state regulators earlier this month the impact of a February 2023 ransomware attack that cost the company $10.5 million. As the food and agriculture sector increasingly...

November 7, 2022 | Eric S. Edelman, David J. Kramer

Now Is Not the Time to Negotiate with Putin

Pushing for negotiations could undermine the morale of the Ukrainians fighting in the field.

March 29, 2021 | David Adesnik |

Biden Revives the Truman Doctrine

His call to wage a global war for freedom echoes the dawn of the Cold War.

August 16, 2020 | Aykan Erdemir, Philip Kowalski

Joe Biden Will Be America’s Most Pro-Kurdish President

The real test of Biden’s pro-Kurdish sentiments will be whether the need to maintain pragmatic cooperation with Ankara and Baghdad will ultimately force him to temper his commitment to the Kurds that the mountains are not their only friends.

November 30, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Marxist-Leninist Party Sues German Banks Over BDS Account Closures

The Marxist-Leninist Party in Germany filed a lawsuit against the Deutsche Bank and the Postbank on Wednesday in the West German city of Essen, claiming the closure of the party's bank accou...

May 16, 2017 | Jonathan Schanzer

There’s No Such Thing as the ‘Arab Street’

Washington has stopped trying to figure out the “Arab Street.” From what I can tell it happened somewhere around Nov. 9, 2016. America is probably better off for it. I’...

April 14, 2016 |

IRS, Energy and Homeland Security head to the Hill

DOJ: AUTO INDUSTRY CYBER THREAT OF FUTURE — John Carlin, assistant attorney general for national security, was in Detroit on Tuesday to talk to auto industry offici...

April 25, 2013 |

The Ron Paul Institute: Be Afraid, Very Afraid

In December 2011, when Ron Paul was leading the Republican presidential-primary pack in the Iowa caucuses, the former Texas congressman’s notorious newsletters resurfaced in the national de...

October 23, 2012 |

Lobbying Through the Silver Screen

Hollywood movies, the bête noire of conservative Muslim culture, are an unusual investment for Middle Eastern oil magnates. But the United Arab Emirates, the fourth-largest energy producer...

January 9, 2012 | |

What Are Ron Paul’s Liberal Fans Thinking?

For anyone moderately familiar with Ron Paul’s record, it shouldn't come as a surprise that a litany of racists, anti-Semites, conspiracy-theorists, and militia members...

January 5, 2012 |

While You Were Watching Iowa, Obama Was Springing Taliban Terrorists from Gitmo

The Guardian reports that the Obama administration has “agreed in principle to release high-ran...

December 29, 2011 |

Ron Paul’s World

Earlier this week, Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker, said that he would not vote for his fellow presidential candidate Ron Paul should Paul become the Republican nominee. The immediate cau...

December 20, 2011 |

The Company Ron Paul Keeps

The Republican Jewish Coalition announced this month that congressman Ron Paul would not be among the six guests invited to participate in its Republican Presidential Candidates Forum. “He&...

September 14, 2011 | Jonathan Schanzer Middle East Quarterly

Early Warnings Ignored

September 11: A Decade Later

February 1, 2011 |

El Baradei and the Al Qaqaa Affair

  I’d all but forgotten this — but Powerline remembered: El Baradei achieved his greatest renown in connection with the pre-war weapons inspections in Iraq, which he hea...

August 22, 2008 |

US draws down forces as Iraqis stand up security forces

General Petraeus' Senate briefing slide from Sept. 11, 2007.   The plan for the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) to take over Iraq security is directly linked to...

July 17, 2008 | Scripps Howard News Service

La edad de la desinformación

  A ver, ¿de qué va exactamente el asunto? ¿Cómo es que cultivar caña de azúcar en el Brasil o maíz en Iowa sube el...

July 16, 2008 | Scripps Howard News Service |

The Disinformation Age: OPEC lies, the SUV dies

The folks over at OPEC, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, must think we’re pretty stupid. The other day, Chakib Khelil, the current OPEC president, asserted that "the intru...

July 12, 2008 | Clifford D. May National Review Online

Targeted Marketing

As you no doubt know, the Senate last week voted to confirm Gen. David Petraeus – slandered less than a year ago by MoveOn.org as “Gen Betray Us” — by a 95 to 2 vote. Whic...