Essays
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2017
Pumphrett Ops In

Volume Three of the Pumphrett Papers.

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Coming Soon to a White House Near You
Donald Trump’s Excellent Middle East Adventure

With Trump’s ignorance of the region qualifying as encyclopedic, confusion cannot be far behind.

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Trump's Cabinet
Trump’s EPA Pick Doesn’t Care Much for the EPA

Greens are spooked by Trump’s nomination of Scott Pruitt. Should they be?

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What If?
President Al Sharpton

Let’s conduct a little thought experiment: What if the 2016 race had come down to Dick Cheney vs. Al Sharpton?

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It's the Economy
Trump and the Financial Markets

The markets have reacted positively to Trump’s election, but if he doesn’t articulate an economic philosophy, that will soon change.

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2017 and Beyond
The Nation and the Smells of Home

Nationalism and populism may overlap, but they are not identical.

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Middle East Meltdown
The Fall of Turkey

Western policymakers need to get comfortable with the fact that the Turkish Republic as we have known it is no more.

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European Disunion
Brexiting Britain

The futures of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland are still up in the air.

The Path to Mt. Rushmore?
Trump’s Third Ring of Suburbs

An earlier essay looked at how a policy of boosting domestic energy production could help Donald Trump turn his presidency into a landmark in American political history. This essay looks at an even larger opportunity: revamping the American Dream for millennials and beyond.

Trump’s Foreign Policy
What the Taiwan Call Means

The most important lesson, for both foreign leaders and domestic foreign policy analysts, is that the Obama era in American foreign policy has come to an end.

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