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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.

Commentary

Cut Defense Spending

Lawrence J. Korb
Christopher A. Preble
| Jun 16, 2010
We’re breaking the bank. America can’t afford to defend the world any longer.

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.

The Maverick's Maladies

Ximena Ortiz | Oct 24, 2008
While Obama plays it cool, McCain has turned “pitbull” Palin loose. Can the Republican campaign survive on evasiveness and negativity alone?
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Blogs

Bully Boy McCain Warns of Incipient GOP “Isolationism”

Justin Logan | Nov 15, 2010

From the Guys Who Brought You the War in Iraq

Christopher A. Preble | Aug 18, 2010
It's hard to call the surge in Iraq a true success. That doesn't bode well for Afghanistan.

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.
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Books & Reviews

Wuthering Ike

Martin Walker | Feb 29, 2008
A review of Ike: An American Hero by Michael Korda.

Vietnam Made Him; Review of Colin Powell's My American Journey

Henry S. Rowen | Dec 01, 1995
As members of the Washington elite go, Colin Powell is an exceptionally attractive person.

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