It’s hard now to recapture just how “leading from behind” became a catchphrase for Barack Obama’s approach to foreign policy. Attribution for the phrase, at least in the Obama context, is all over the place. Did he ever say it?…
Writing in Foreign Affairs, Stuart Eizenstat contends that President Jimmy Carter’s foreign policy was a success. “[D]uring his one term in office,” Eizenstat asserts, “Carter left an enduring and positive foreign policy legacy that few presidents who have served two…
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) recently reported that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose in February for the second consecutive month, debunking happy talk by the White House and the corporate media to the effect that inflation is under…
MEMORANDUM DATE: February 19, 2024 FROM: Lee Atwater, Republican Party strategist (1951-1991) TO: Donald J. Trump, Republican Presidential nominee RE: 2024 Presidential Election vs. Biden I read about the NBC News national poll that had you leading Joe Biden 47…
I don’t know about you, but I’m all worn out with this GOAT thing. Every category has a greatest of all time. And while it makes for pregnant discussion, it does get a little exhausting arguing whether Michael Jordan or…
Superpower in Peril: A Battle Plan to Renew America By David McCormick (Center Street, 320 pages, $29) Can America bring itself back from the brink, or is it doomed to a cataclysmic end? It shouldn’t come as a surprise that…
A week before the 1980 election, Ronald Reagan closed his debate with President Jimmy Carter with some of the most memorable questions in campaign history: “Are you better off than you were four years ago? Is it easier for you to go…
“On this day, Simchat Torah we must set aside our joy and mourn our losses. We must put our differences aside and unite and fight for our families, our homes and our homeland.” — Michael Oren, Israel’s Ambassador to the…
President Biden has of late attempted to convince Americans to ignore the financial realities of their day-to-day lives by insisting that his stewardship of the economy has been a success. Inevitably, the corporate media have been all too willing to…
