Foreign policy by petulance
This is as amusing as it is frightening.
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Trump’s war socialism vs. “democratic” socialism
War is socialism.
Pvt. Isabella Gonzales is the face of Trump’s Iran Forever War
Some deaths hit you harder than others.
Trump's forever wars
Below is my latest column in the Orange County Register and for the Southern California News Group.
Trump unbound
My Orange County Register column on book on Trump
Trump and Sympathy for the Devil in Ankara
Now well into their 80s, on Friday the Rolling Stones pump out their 25th studio album, “Foreign Tongues.” But what wafts through my ears when war comes up is “Sympathy for the Devil,” the 1968 song on “Beggars Banquet.” It’s partly based on “The Master and Margarita
Celebrate 1776 with conservative sage Russell Kirk
Happy Independence Day!
Stories I'm following, June 29, 2026, with comments
Happy Independence Day!
Two cheers for President Trump’s peace deal with Iran
Note 1: This is my column in the Orange County Register, the great paper that has run my articles for most of the past 39 years.
Vance shines in ending Trump’s Iran War
The best friend to have is one who not only sticks with you during your worst jam, but gets you out of it.