Esther Goldberg

In an article on these pages last week I wrote about Nigerian Bishop Emmanuel Badejo’s distress at the Obama-Clinton policy of supplying the Nigerian government with the weapons and intelligence necessary to fight Boko Haram if and only if the…

It’s interesting to compare traditions from different religions that cater to the baser instincts of their adherents. So, for example, the Jewish tradition requires that on Purim, which celebrates Queen Esther saving Persian Jews from the death sentence imposed by…

In a smug, self-important article about trolling as a form of diplomacy, Professor Daniel Drezner, defines trolling as “writ[ing] something that provokes a target into an angry or emotional response.” Drezner fancies himself a “realist,” which is very fashionable these…

Every few months since President Sisi took office someone at the Washington Post takes Egypt to task for “human rights abuses.” These articles and editorials seem all to be written on the same template, using much of the same material…

We continue to be admonished by all-knowing Republican consultants to stay away from Hillary’s health or age lest we be thought insensitive. As to my personal view on Democrat sensibility, it can be described as something that rhymes with “bucket”—to…

With the death of long-time King Abdullah in January, 2015, the Saudi throne was passed to his younger brother, King Salman, who has embarked on a major reshuffling of personnel in key positions. The changes being implemented by the new…

Dear Hillary, I read with interest and not a little consternation Maureen Dowd’s advice to your in her April 18 column in the NYT. She is undoubtedly very smart. This time, though, her advice wasn’t terribly useful. It can be…

How do you convince folks that a liberal white woman who has spent most of her adult life as the wife of a governor and a president, and then traded on that conjugal experience to become a senator, is tough…

I have a theory that if only we ignore the Republican consultant class, we can win a presidential election, and not otherwise. The advice has started to roll in, according to a piece in the Washington Post on April 12,…

In his column in the Washington Post on April 12, 2015, George Will seems to embrace a “Containment Plus” policy with respect to Iran and the Middle East: Give them all the bomb and they’ll contain each other. Seriously. Here’s…