Who will defend Enlightenment this time around?

Being around a college classroom can really expand your perspective. For example, last week we were finishing off a seminar in grand strategy when one of my colleagues, Charles Hill, drew a ...

Trump is a fake savior betraying his supporters

Dear Trump voters, You’ve been had. President Trump sold you a clunker. Now that he’s in the White House, he’s betraying you – and I’m hoping that you’ll recognize that betrayal a...

Slow economic growth points to a broken century

Most of us came of age in the last half of the 20th century and had our perceptions of “normal” formed in that era. It was, all things considered, an unusually happy period. No world wars, n...

How many ways are there to get rid of Trump?

We’re just a month into the Trump presidency, and already so many are wondering: How can we end it? One poll from Public Policy Polling found that as many Americans – 46 percent –...

Trump positioned to influence Israel’s destiny

Dear President Trump: These are the moments that make or break a presidency. First you were tested by a rival – Russia – and utterly failed to appreciate the corrosive ...

After Trump: a Bonhoeffer, a Benedict or a Ford?

How should one resist the Trump administration? Well, that depends on what kind of threat Donald Trump represents. It could be that the primary Trump threat is authoritarianism. I...

Husbands are by far much deadlier than terrorists

With the President Donald Trump Reality Show, it’s easy to be distracted by ANGRY ALL-CAPITAL TWEETS or Oval Office tantrums. But resist, and stay focused on matters of life and death. ...

President’s inability to connect dots is alarming

Every day, the president’s behavior becomes more worrying. One day he demeans a federal judge who challenges him; the next day, without evidence, he accuses the media of hiding illegal votin...

It is never too late for a lesson in black history

Last week at a supposed Black History Month “listening session” at the White House, Donald Trump made this baffling statement: “I am very proud now that we have a museum on the National Mall...

Books that help explain the dawning Trump era

The Donald Trump presidency is not yet officially upon us, but the Trump era has already been good for political reading lists. Book buyers baffled by Trumpism are making best sellers out of...

Donald Trump’s other goal: To make America gasp again

Many people voted for Donald Trump because they believed his promises that he would restore what they imagine were the good old days – the days when America had lots of traditional jobs mini...

How social media warps our world

Those who’ve been raising alarms about Facebook are right: Almost every minute that we spend on our smartphones and tablets and laptops, thumbing through favorite websites and scrolling thro...