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The isolationist right is convinced that President Trump is waging the Iran War on Israel's behalf.

If our forces can't restore free navigation, it will represent a significant failure of a traditional pillar of U.S. power.

There's no doubt that Trump's vision of the Middle East is more in keeping with U.S. interests than Obama's.
Hey, some people in New York City throw bombs, and others don't. Diversity is our strength!

The ousted DHS secretary took a serious role and made it like something out of "Veep."

We now know that all the scorn that has been poured on missile defense over the years was perverse and wrong.

It is a symptom of our time that such malevolent buffoonery is rewarded with a huge audience.
Is loyalty to country a matter of choice, or an unalterable commitment?

Netflix has released a new documentary, "Miracle: The Boys of '80."

AOC's time at the Munich conference was another reminder that no matter how much she is billed as a rising star, she is still callow and unserious.

Gu skis for China, a choice that is a like deciding to represent a fascist country during the 1930s.
Sad to say, he's late to the game. Americans began calling themselves Americans in the 1700s.

None of this is worthy of a state with one of the finest political traditions in America.

If we are guilty of "stealing land," so is nearly everyone else in history, including Native Americans.
More than 200 years after the Kentucky Resolutions, a version of nullification still lives.

He should simply comply with the subpoena and not flirt with a prosecution that would be expensive and time-consuming for him.
If cold-eyed American expansionism is the theme, there are few better representatives than the eleventh president.
The Iranians may be able to cajole Trump into negotiations, but they will never be able to push him around, and they disregard his threats at their peril.

Trump's taste for gilding everything can be over the top. It'd be a national service, though, if he manages to make the U.S. defense budget golden.

Even the results-oriented Trump foreign policy needs to distinguish between friend and foe.