History Has Its Eyes on You
In the event that there still are a few of you out there who believe that Donald Trump can and will be easily beaten in 2020, let me disabuse you of such silliness right now. Historically, incumbent...
View ArticleIn Memoriam: Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft (Ret.)
The administration of George Herbert Walker Bush featured, without a shadow of a doubt, the best foreign policy team of my lifetime, designing and implementing the best foreign policy initiatives and...
View ArticleBREAKING: National Security Advisers Have Views of Their Own
I am more than a bit confused by the claim that because Brent Scowcroft had opinions--strong opinions, even!--it meant that he didn't "follow 'the Scowcroft model.'" My confusion stems in significant...
View ArticleBrent Scowcroft and the Need for a Better Realist Theory of International...
I swear to goodness that I am not trying to turn all of my public writing spaces into All-Things-Scowcroftian-All-The-Time discussion locales, but the death of Brent Scowcroft caused me to go back to a...
View ArticleEric Posner and a Study of American Demagoguery
I am very pleased to have the unexpected and very welcome opportunity to work and write alongside some excellent folks at The Bulwark, which is doing the Lord's work in helping to create a decent and...
View ArticleLaw and Politics in a Post-Ginsburg World
I've criticized Donald Trump savagely and accurately, ever since he descended down his gold-plated escalator on June 16, 2015, announced his candidacy for president of the United States, and caused...
View ArticleMake the Crazy Stop
My latest Bulwark piece discusses the welcome fact that Joe Biden does not seem hellbent on making others think that he is clinically insane; a welcome and stark contrast with the campaign of the...
View ArticleStinking to High Heaven
Michael Flynn is an admitted felon. He pled guilty, and reiterated his guilty plea under oath--twice. He has served no time, he has paid no penalty and he has shown no remorse for his crimes against...
View ArticleDonald Trump v. The Court System
All-around nice guy Steve Friess interviewed me and a number of lawyers more famous than me for Newsweek regarding Donald Trump's and the Trump administration's battles with judges and with the court...
View ArticlePeople Matter. Character Matters.
Ever since I stopped being a Republican--back in May, 2016, when it became clear that Donald Trump would be the Republican nominee--whenever anyone asked me about my politics, I told them that I am a...
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