World
All my life, I’ve been haunted by a specter — the specter of the French woman. French women, we’re reliably told, don’t get fat; they’re better parents; they’re “more tolerant” of sexual harassment, to quote The New York Times; they …
Read MorePresident Trump is really making a mess of global trade — and hurting himself and the country he leads in the process. The errors are really piling up: withdrawing from the TPP trade deal, threatening to exit NAFTA, slapping hefty …
Read MoreAs I was stealthily gathering government secrets for the 2013 book I wrote about national security, a source of unimpeachable reliability tipped me off to a big one. The source told me that, in the course of a National Security …
Read MoreChristianity is, if nothing else, one of the most successful cultural phenomenons in all of human history, and still powerfully shapes the world. But in many ways, this is happening reactively in much of the secular West, where a major …
Read MoreIn Russia, buildings are sagging and crumbling. In Greenland, a wildfire broke out last year. And in Alaska, entire villages may be relocated because the land upon which they’re built is no longer trustworthy. All across the North, the very …
Read MoreThe tweets. Oh, the tweets! The heads of some of the most powerful countries on Earth are pissed at each other. And they are so angry they’re tweeting about it. Well, they’re not really pissed at each other, it’s more …
Read MoreSometimes there’s just no way to win. President Trump’s Singapore summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is one of those times. In a worst-case scenario, the summit could end with blustery insults flying in both directions as the …
Read MoreWith Tuesday’s historic summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un upon us, it remains utterly unclear what they will be talking about, what can be achieved, and whether any of it will be worthwhile. Is the …
Read MoreAnother week, another round of news stories about President Trump shredding America’s alliances. This time, the reason is trade. After generally appalling the members of the G7 with his protectionist policies, the president decided to insult our Canadian neighbors by …
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