Vice President Kamala Harris stirred up controversy last week with her claim that the southern border is secure, drawing ridicule from conservative pundits as well as some Texas Democrats. Yet few commenters have considered that she might genuinely mean what she says: the border is exactly as secure as Democrats intend. Over the last year,...
Western commentary on the Russian war in Ukraine has often neglected a key factor in any conflict: history. Pundits and analysts have suggested nostalgia for the Soviet Union, opposition to NATO expansion, Putin’s need to solidify his regime, naked imperialism, or any number of other motives as the cause of Russia’s invasion, perhaps correctly. But...
Two major academics faced serious assassination attempts over the last month: Indian-born British author Salman Rushdie and Russian political philosopher Aleksandr Dugin. Rushdie was put on a ventilator after being stabbed repeatedly by an Islamic extremist, while a car bomb intended for Dugin took the life of his 29 year-old daughter, Darya Dugina. Russia claims...