Doug Bandow
Religious persecution is on the rise. In much of the world, believing in something other than politics, or believing in…
One of the advantages of being an oldster who still subscribes to a newspaper — four of them, actually! —…
A century ago, on December 30, 1922, Russia signed treaties with Ukraine, Byelorussia (now Belarus), and Transcaucasia (combining Armenia, Azerbaijan,…
History is a bit like Otto von Bismarck’s famous line about sausages and laws, which, he said, no one should…
Two decades after George W. Bush’s disastrous misadventure into Iraq, the Republican Party is beginning to have a serious debate…
When Christmas approaches, many of us reflexively intone peace on Earth. Sadly, many people instead are suffering through conflict, strife,…
The Africa summit is mercifully over. Traffic around the Convention Center in Washington, D.C., is back to normal. More importantly,…
World War II ended almost 80 years ago. Much of Europe was in ruins. Germany and the Soviet Union probably…
It’s been only a month since China’s Xi Jinping strode forth as a master of the universe. He had vanquished…
Qatar is holding the World Cup, the true “super bowl” of international sports. What the world calls “football” is actually…
