Category Archives: Opinion

  1. Protesters gather in the Place de la Nation, Paris, France, November 21, 2006 (Hughes Léglise-Bataille)

    Europe Finally Awakes From its Utopian Dream

    The Telegraph,

    To preserve the welfare state, the European Union is toying dangerously with mechanisms that are certainly antidemocratic.

  1. British prime minister David Cameron, American president Barack Obama and European Commission president José Manuel Barroso observe a moment of silence in honor of NATO military personnel that have lost their lives, Lisbon, Portugal, November 19, 2010 (White House/Pete Souza)

    Don’t Turn NATO Into “GloboCop”

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    Narrowing the alliance’s focus to maintaining stability in the European heartland will ensure that the West sticks together.

  1. Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, a Republican Party presidential candidate, speaks to voters in Washington DC, October 8, 2011 (Gage Skidmore)

    The Horror! Mitt Romney Believes in the Free Market

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    Columnist E.J. Dionne can hardly believe it. Presidential candidate Mitt Romney believes that capitalism works.

  1. CIA employees help Vietnamese evacuees onto an Air America helicopter from the top of 22 Gia Long street, a half mile from the American embassy in Saigon, South Vietnam, April 29, 1975 (Bettmann/Corbis)

    The Saddest Day: Remembering the Fall of Saigon

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    The defeat of South Vietnam could have been prevented if the United States had not reneged on their commitment.

  1. William Hague, the British foreign secretary, February 21, 2012

    Relations With Iran, Key to Solving Afghanistan

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    Iranian mischief in Afghanistan is a defensive policy on Tehran’s part. It needs to change to end the war successfully.