Columns

Yesterday, in the time it took me to discover that my local Target was completely out of hand sanitizer, the price of oil dropped by over 30%. For those playing the home game, that’s the…

Michael Bloomberg got his ass handed to him on Wednesday night. He proved almost entirely unable to defend his record or policy positions against a concerted series of attacks from his…

This week saw China announce a drop in new cases and fatalities from coronavirus, raising hopes that containment of the virus may be working. Unfortunately, those hopes were almost…

On Friday, the United States will complete its withdrawal from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, an agreement that had prohibited the United States and Russia from…

Sir Kim Darroch, British Ambassador to Washington, has resigned. His crime? Saying – in private correspondence with London – what we all know to be true: the Trump White House is…

If there’s one thing that Donald Trump is good at, it’s pointing out when other countries are free riding. These asides usually contain a grain of truth, but are met with abject horror…

Another Memorial Day has come and gone, but the War in Afghanistan keeps rumbling along. This year, the conflict was brought back into the headlines by two key developments: a rumor –…

Tensions are rising in the Middle East. The White House, citing poorly sourced intelligence, has increased the US force presence in the region, and ramped up sanctions aimed at preventing…

In foreign policy – to borrow the terminology of Silicon Valley – Donald Trump is a disruptive innovator. Though his policies are often similar in broad strokes to prior presidents, his…