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John McCain

Voting Blind

Justine A. Rosenthal
Dimitri K. Simes
| Sep 03, 2008
John McCain and Barack Obama are busily offering foreign-policy platitudes on the campaign trail, mostly about spreading freedom, working with allies and hunting down terrorists. But what exactly would they do if elected? Digging ourselves out of

The Perilous Punditocracy

Glenn Greenwald | Apr 25, 2008
A look at the absurd pronouncements of the political class from Salon’s Glenn Greenwald. Why do pundits get to be wrong all the time? From the May/June 2008 issue of The National Interest.

The Folk Who Live on the Hill

James Kitfield | Dec 01, 1999
Talk of vital interests has become canonical on Capitol Hill. But when pressed to identify these interests, too many congressional Republicans fall silent.

Commentary

Boisterous Bushies

Morton Abramowitz | Jan 06, 2010
Many of Obama’s conservative critics are responsible for the foreign-policy problems he faces. They need to lay off and let the president clean up their mess.

Who's Afraid of Sarah Palin?

Jacob Heilbrunn | Nov 23, 2009
The Republican establishment should be. She’s the most volatile force in American politics since Joe McCarthy.

False Analogies

Jacob Heilbrunn | Oct 07, 2009
Afghanistan isn’t another Vietnam. But Obama is right to be cautious about sending more troops.
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Blogs

Bully Boy McCain Warns of Incipient GOP “Isolationism”

Justin Logan | Nov 15, 2010

Germany and the Jewish Gene

Jacob Heilbrunn | Aug 31, 2010
Are this German's remarks on Muslims and Jews hateful? Or is the rest of Europe blind to the truth about Islamic immigrants?

Obama's Environmental Hypocrisy

Jacob Heilbrunn | Aug 17, 2010
Perhaps it would be better for the environment if Obama stopped burning fuel and causing traffic jams in order to stump for it.

Books & Reviews

Homo Neoconus

Jacob Heilbrunn | Jul 02, 2008
Everyone knows about Bill Kristol and Robert Kagan. But what about their intellectual godfather? A look at the original democracy-promoting liberal defense hawk, JFK and LBJ advisor Walt Rostow.

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