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Defining Terms: ‘Patriotism’ and Other Problems
A few months ago, essayist and screenwriter Arthur Krystal wrote a piece in The New Yorker titled, “How Problematic...
Northerly Neighbor: Canada Rejects U.S. ‘Ownership’
While Iran was being threatened by Donald Trump with economic D-Day, Canada was being threatened with a political D-Day....
Labored Days: The End of Summer, Inc.
Labor Day arrives each year wearing white pants and carrying the faint smell of lighter fluid, ostensibly to honor...
Unworkable Paradox: Build More Nukes to Negotiate Reductions
Daniel Poneman, a former U.S. Secretary of Energy—a position that includes supervision of America’s nuclear weapons—gave a talk called...
Grassroots Spotlight: Robert Hubbell’s Substack
A chorus of political rants both online and on cable news so loud and discordant that truth is MIA.
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Engineering Distrust: Election (In)security
By turning voting machines, classified intelligence and alleged foreign interference into political theater, the Trump administration is preparing voters...
Strategy of Strife: When Diplomacy Becomes Part of the War
On July 10, President Donald Trump announced something that should have stopped Washington in its tracks: The United States...
