Essays
Lutherans in America
After Ethnicity

For Lutheranism, ethnicity is no longer a real distinguishing factor in America.

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Advantage: Russia
Moldova: Where Putin Could Score Next

A massive corruption scandal, a reeling pro-European government, and a breakaway region currently home to Russian troops: All the ingredients are in place for a crisis on NATO’s southern flank.

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Divide & Conquer
Russia Wields the Kurdish Weapon

Vladimir Putin is exploiting yet another incoherence in U.S. Middle East policy. And the MSM is still ignoring the implications of the comprehensive failures of the Obama Administration.

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Homo Americanus
A Maine Childhood, Twice Told

A memoir of a girl’s Maine childhood considered by another Maine memoirist, with sixty years—and a class divide—separating the two.

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the long war
Obama’s Failed Legacy in Afghanistan

How the President took a bad situation in Afghanistan and made it even worse.

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The Revisionists
Predators on the Frontier

America’s rivals are probing U.S. defenses across the globe.

The Next President
How to Unwind the Iran Nuclear Deal

There’s only one way to prevent, not just delay, Iran’s acquisition of nuclear weapons: reapply pressure.

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Syrian Civil War
Follyanna?

Has the President been a much savvier operator in Syria than he’s been given credit for, or is he a strategically incoherent improviser of last resort? Perhaps a bit of both.

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How the West Misjudged Russia Part 5
Peaceful Coexistence, Round Two

Dissecting the Kremlin’s search for a modus vivendi with the West, as well as its attempt to pivot to China.

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2016 And Beyond
Trump’s America

What’s most significant about Trump isn’t his success, but our collective failure.

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