armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia between North Vietnam and South Vietnam, from 1955 to 1975
David Kaiser writes for the Martin Center about college students’ diminishing interest in studying history. I taught history from 1976 through 2013 at Harvard, Carnegie-Mellon, the Naval War College, and…
John Fund of National Review Online turns the clock back more than five decades to uncover valuable lessons for today. For the first time in history, we’ve effectively quarantined the…
David Harsanyi of the Federalist urges Congress to do more than just complain about President Trump’s proposed policy for Syria. If you want to stop Donald Trump from making unilateral…
In a post at the UNC School of Government’s Criminal Law blog, Jeff Welty joins the country in thanking and honoring veterans. He also refers readers to an article by…
Fifty years after a Democratic Party meltdown helped elect Republican President Richard Nixon, J.T. Young writes at Investor’s Business Daily that the Democratic Party faces similar fears today. Extremist confrontations…
David French asks at National Review Online whether a downturn in the American birth rate signals “the death of hope.” Last week the National Center for Health Statistics reported that…
No, I’m not talking about the panning and zooming effect overused in videos that rely heavily on still photos. Instead, this blog entry focuses on the left-of-center viewpoint that pervades…
That’s how Kevin Williamson of National Review Online describes Barack Obama in a final review of the 44th president’s performance in office. Obama’s mandate (here I use the ordinary sense…
Roger Simon devotes a Commentary magazine article to a particular brand of narcissism that has infected our culture. That form is moral narcissism—a pathology that underlies the whole liberal left…
Yeah yeah I know President Obama pressed Vietnam on human rights during his recent trip there, but not before he made dadgum sure (channeling my inner Roy Williams here) to…
To fight ISIS. Per CNN: A pair of nearly 50-year-old planes has been brought out of retirement to fight ISIS. The Vietnam-era OV-10 Bronco turbo-propeller planes are part of an…
John Fund‘s latest column at National Review Online explores former Democratic presidential candidate Jim Webb’s criticism of his party’s front-runner for the 2016 presidential nomination. “Hillary Clinton should be called…