Doug Bandow
When I was growing up the draft was an ugly rite of passage for young men. During the 1960s and…
Beijing Everything in China appears is big. The population is big. The cities are big. The people’s aspirations are big….
The most striking line in Vladimir Putin’s New York Times column was its final sentence: “We are all different, but…
In his 2010 memoir, Decision Points, former president George W. Bush describes how, as he struggled to decide whether to…
Bayard Rustin: Troubles I’ve Seen: A Biography By Jervis Anderson (HarperCollins, 418 pages, $30) Besides being a brilliant political strategist and…
I don’t often agree with a top Egyptian diplomat, but I thought Egypt’s ambassador to the United Kingdom, Ashraf el-Kholy,…
The Balkans Wars may be over, but the European Union continues its biased attempt at geopolitical social engineering. As always,…
President Obama’s recent two-day visit to Israel surprised everyone. Instead of the surly, pro-Palestinian, Netanyahu-bashing leader that Israelis have come…
Imagine. ObamaCare is forcing up costs. And the unions are upset! That is, the unions which worked so hard to pass…
The Internal Revenue Service long has offered to figure people’s taxes. Most Americans, greedy cheapskates that they are, prefer to…
