11 Tuesday Jul 2006
Posted in Washington Times
The Washington Times
The bottom line is this: Are we going to finish the job in Europe, or are we going to turn our backs on those who haven’t yet made their way in from the cold? At a summit meeting in Croatia, that is the question as much on the minds of the representatives of the major Euro-Atlantic institutions, namely the European Union and NATO, as on the minds of those knocking on their doors in hope of joining fully in the modern Western world.
04 Tuesday Jul 2006
Posted in Washington Times
The Washington Times
When I was a kid, on the Fourth of July, Dad and I used to drag the stereo speakers out onto the back porch in the morning and treat the neighborhood to a rousing full-blast rendition of “The Stars and Stripes Forever.” Fortunately for the composure of the neighborhood, stereos were a lot less powerful in those days than they are now. Nevertheless, it made an impression.
27 Tuesday Jun 2006
Posted in Washington Times
The Washington Times
During the closing years of Bill Clinton’s presidency, from the time the story of his relationship with Monica Lewinsky broke, the presidential job-approval rating in the polls became, seemingly, all-important. Although Americans were inclined to disapprove of Mr. Clinton personally, they kept support levels for his performance in office fairly high. This is turn served as the principal bulwark against those who thought he ought to pay the price of the presidency for lying under oath about his relations with Miss Lewinsky.
20 Tuesday Jun 2006
Posted in Washington Times
The Washington Times
When you see your opportunity, you take it. The death of Abu Musab Zarqawi was such a moment, and the Bush administration made the most of it, putting together the best three weeks politically the president has had since his reelection.
06 Tuesday Jun 2006
Posted in Washington Times
The Washington Times
Every so often appears a piece of writing that just takes your breath away for the way in which it encapsulates the vacuous self-centeredness and resentment into which our world of unprecedented convenience and comfort invites the human personality to dissipate. Such was The Post’s “Outlook” piece Sunday, “What Happens When There is No Plan B?”
01 Thursday Jun 2006
Posted in Hoover Digest
Hoover Digest
What to do about Iran’s nuclear ambition is a problem whose complexity we are all busy admiring. It is already clear that no approach to the problem comes without significant costs and, besides which, offers no guarantee of success. And if there are any optimists out there, as there were before the Iraq war, I haven’t run into them.
30 Tuesday May 2006
Posted in Washington Times
The Washington Times
Engage or confront? It’s the eternal divide in foreign affairs when dealing with a dangerous state on a troublesome course. The question has been asked variously of Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, China, Cuba, Vietnam, Pakistan and now Iran over its nuclear program.
02 Tuesday May 2006
Posted in Washington Times
The Washington Times
The connections between the United States and the countries of Europe, however strained relations may get from time to time, are nevertheless the most robust the world has ever seen. They range from huge economic interdependency to a commonality of values (not without disagreement) to a persistent desire to work together on many (though not all) security matters from the Balkans to Afghanistan.
25 Tuesday Apr 2006
Posted in Washington Times
The Washington Times
The White House shakeup story last week generated an astounding amount of dubious political analysis. In fact, since so much of the misunderstanding seems to center on the role of Karl Rove going forward, with most of the commentary bent on painting the move as a demotion for him, I am tempted to think that the whole thing was an especially wily Rove plot.
18 Tuesday Apr 2006
Posted in Washington Times
The Washington Times
What did Hitler sound like to those hearing him speak in the 1930s? Did he sound any less menacing than Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president of Iran?
Tod Lindberg 