History's Lessons
The Westerplatte Moment

When you do what you must, so you don’t lose yourself.

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Mending Defense
Pentagon Reform: Hope Springs Eternal

Yet today, the prospects for success are better than ever.

2018
A Message from Our Leader

President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union Address, televised January 2018 on the Daily Donald Trump (DDT) network.

Iraq and Iran
The Militia in the Living Room

An armed Iranian proxy in Iraq, lauded by the United States for its struggle against ISIS, is using satellite television to tear the country apart.

Europe's Future
The Man Who Disliked Saints

Hailed as a prophet and reviled as a racist, Jean Raspail novelized Europe’s immigration crisis—forty years before it happened.

History Misused
The Malthusian Holocaust

Timothy Snyder’s Black Earth fails to convince in its reinterpretation of the Holocaust, and its forecast of the next one.

Second Amendment
Gunned Down

The NRA has spun a story of the Second Amendment’s origins that has nothing to do with its real ones.

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Russia and the West
Why Putin’s Turkey Sanctions Will Boomerang

Moscow’s predictable tactics becomes less effective with each use.

Middle East
Israel and the Kurds: Love by Proxy

The asymmetrical but rewarding relationship between two Middle East minority nations.

American Values
Equality: A Hope Without a Party

Americans believe that equality is the salve for all the nation’s wounds. The problem is that neither party has a complete picture of what equality means.

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