Debating Ross Douthat's call for a cabinet coup

I talk about the threat to civilian control of the military

Of course we should -- but the right response is to invest more in our own productive capacity, not to engage in neocolonial competition

Will the military and intelligence services ring-fence the president in the name of protecting national security?

Time for a two-minute snark

His fatal flaw was inseparable from his cardinal virtue: his belief in the importance of his own rectitude