Author Archives: Jordan Michael Smith
Why Kennan Matters
He conceived the winning strategy for the Cold War, and his classic work American Diplomacy still imparts urgent lessons.
The Spy Who Bored Me
Ian McEwan’s disappointing Cold War tale
Impaired Visions
Thomas Sowell’s thinking is blinded by partisanship.
Can Democrats Get Realist?
Why the best minds of international power politics are leaving the GOP
Kennan’s Opposite
John Lewis Gaddis wrote the book on containment’s architect— but he didn’t follow it.
Stop Imagining
. John Lennon lived long enough to change his mind about God, …
Best & Brightest
From Vietnam to Palestine, George Ball got it right.
Party of One
The unorthodox libertarianism of Nat Hentoff
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You Need Some Sleep
Jonathan Coppage • June 19, 5:21 AMEgypt’s Blasphemy Laws–Still a Bad Idea
Robert Long • June 19, 5:05 AMIranian Voters Stump the War Party
Scott McConnell • June 18, 3:45 PM
Rod Dreher
Ah, Southern Culture
June 18, 6:22 PMGay Marriage And Media Bias
June 18, 4:35 PMIs Miss Utah A Clod?
June 18, 1:52 PM
Daniel Larison
Regional Opinion and Syria
June 18, 4:51 PMJindal: “Deal With It”
June 18, 11:14 AMThe Weary Recitation of Bad Analogies
June 17, 10:09 PM
Alan Jacobs
On Fixing Things
June 19, 7:48 AMWhat To Live For
June 18, 8:23 AM
Noah Millman
Prescriptive Implications Of Descriptive Realism
June 17, 3:59 PMRealism And The Agent-Principal Problem
June 17, 2:54 PM
Ron Unz
Race/IQ Revised
June 7, 4:32 PM
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