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A serious misunderstanding about foreign policy

A recent article in The New York Times explained correctly and succinctly the steps that would follow a congressional decision not to approve the agreement the Obama administration negotiated with...
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WHO CARES ABOUT PRINCIPLES WHEN THERE ARE POLLS?

Last Thursday was commencement day at Harvard, and as I watched my students walk to the stage to receive their master's in public policy and public administration, I realized that...
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SOMETIMES IT DOESN’T PAY TO BELIEVE

For the most part, voter anger has been directed at too much government, which is too expensive and nets too few results. But when it comes to actually judging politicians,...
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CLINTON CAN’T GET A GRIP ON FOREIGN POLICY

In most respects, the Clinton presidency has not yet been the unmitigated disaster some Democrats had anticipated, nor has it been as unpopular as Republicans would have us believe. Like...
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HOW TO GET THE NRA’S ATTENTION

George Bush has been consistent on the important things: courage, compassion, character. Now Bush has once again shown the spirit that made him one of America's heroes in World War...
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WHAT ON EARTH?

Last Saturday we marked the 25th anniversary of Earth Day. How strange to mark 25 years in a life that is something like a hundred zillion years old. How strange...
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GO EAST YOUNG MAN, GO EAST

The White House. A small gathering near the Oval Office in what once was known as the Roosevelt Room. It has been renamed for Ronald McDonald. Present are the president,...