The Israeli prime minister didn’t offer an Iran policy to Congress. He offered dread and overconfidence to Israel voters.Â
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CPAC: Is Carly Fiorina the GOP’s Anti-Hillary?
Will the former CEO be the designated nemesis to the presumed Democratic presidential candidate? The optics couldn’t be better.
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He Whose Name Shall Not Be Written
Israel’s prime minister is the main issue in the upcoming election. That’s just what he wants.
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National Security and the 2016 Election
Arriving in the era of the so-called Islamic State, the next presidential contest will focus on foreign policy. And only one candidate so far has any experience.
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Atlantic Surging, Virginia Sinking
Rising sea level in Norfolk threatens the town, the Navy, and a state in denial.
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How Will the 2016 Candidates Deal With Anti-Islamic Sentiment In Their Party?
(Flickr/Dan Nguyen) My Plum Line post today is about what looks like a growing sentiment on the right that we should indeed be in a clash of civilizations, between the Christian West and Islam. When Bill O’Reilly is literally calling for a “holy war,” practically every Republican is complaining that President Obama doesn’t call terrorism […]
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Why Did Ronald Reagan Hate America?
Just a couple of America-haters pretending to be cowboys. (State Department photo) Ronald Reagan has been dead for more than a decade, but it’s long past the time for us as a nation to come to grips with the fact that this two-term president really didn’t love America. Scholars will have to debate whether he […]
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Netanyahu’s Curious GOP Connection
The Israeli prime minister’s alliance with U.S. Republicans defies the politics of most American Jews.
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A Talent for Storytelling
Rick Perlstein tells how Reagan imagined his way into the American psyche.
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The War Authorization Farce
View image | gettyimages.com Every parent has had this experience: You catch your kids doing something problematic. They say, “Is it OK if I do this?” You reply, “How can you ask me permission? You’re already doing it.” They respond, “Yeah, but is it OK?” That’s kind of what Barack Obama did yesterday, by sending […]