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Mar 22, 2015

It’s 1815 All Over Again: The Troubling Tale of the Chappaqua Email Server

by Greg Cullison

There are protestations that the HRC files were unclassified. But, the history of the Congress of Vienna shows, every bit can be part of a larger mosaic and exploited for all the wrong reasons.

Mar 22, 2015

What Makes People Do What They Do?

by William R. Polk

A foreign policy maven reviews a lifetime of lessons.

Mar 22, 2015

The Case that Will Tell Us If the Supreme Court Justices Are Just Politicians in Robes

by Robert Brent Toplin

A bad ruling in King v. Burwell – the Obamacare case – cannot match the evil of Dred Scott, but it could damage the Court’s reputation just as much.

Mar 22, 2015

Right Versus Left: Culture Wars, Past and Present

by Walter G. Moss

Both left and right have something to learn from each other.

Mar 22, 2015

While the World Wasn't Looking, Crisis-Prone Taiwan Had A Political Revolution

by Jeff Roquen

Is the United States Appeasing China and Hoping No One Will Notice?

Mar 22, 2015

Did Bombers Win the War in WW Two?

by Robert Huddleston

Why the claims on behalf of airpower are more myth than reality.

Mar 20, 2015

What Terrorists Have Learned from One Another – And from Israeli Leaders Like Itzhak Shamir and Menachem Begin

by Bruce Hoffman

They’ve learned that terrorism works – and how to win.

Mar 19, 2015

The Goals of the Islamic State: Hijrah, al-Haramayn and Hegemony

by Timothy R. Furnish

Some commentators and journalists seem to think these are simply to continue beheading, oppressing and terrorizing. But self-proclaimed Caliph al-Baghdadi and his ansar have more concrete aims in mind.

Mar 19, 2015

The Long History of Hate Speech

by M. Alison Kibler

The terms have changed, from racial ridicule to group libel and then hate speech, but the regulation of hate speech stands out as twentieth century tradition, not a new culture war.

Mar 18, 2015

When Did Mandatory Vaccinations Become Common?

by Cristina Valldejuli

Anti-Vaxxers are upset with mandatory Measles vaccinations. But mandatory vaccinations have a long history in the United States.

Mar 16, 2015

The UN Success Story Nobody Talks About

by William Lambers

On the fifth anniversary of the Syrian Civil War, it’s worth remembering that but for the UN millions would have starved to death.

Mar 16, 2015

Los Angeles Conference Confronts BDS Financing and Tactics

by Edwin Black

Several hundred individuals will gather March 21-23, 2015 in a Los Angeles hotel at the International Anti-BDS Conference convened by the leading pro-Israel group, StandWithUs.