Who Dares to Question The Dubai Port Deal?

How fortunate that the opinion pages of our mightiest newspapers are open to diverse viewpoints. We would otherwise miss the opportunity to learn from liberal, conservative and centrist pundits alike that opponents of the Dubai ports deal—which now include about 70 percent of the American public—must be crazed, racist and xenophobic.

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Our Idealist in Chief Promotes a Lovely War

In what may be a high-water mark in complacent American self-praise, David Ignatius in The Washington Post recently told the world: “The reality is that this may be the most idealistic war fought in modern times.” The solipsism, the immodesty of the statement is irritating in and of itself-but, on top of that, it’s so Read More

From Russia, With Greed: Dirty Dealing Going On

Russian oligarchs are greedy for hard currency, American politicians for soft dollars, and there lies, I think, the crux of the situation in which the Bank of New York is seen to be representing the United States-and holding up our end damn well, too, thank you very much! The crooks have replaced the fools at Read More