Underbelly

I have long embraced the Heisenberg principle of nationalism: the closer you look at a   nation-state, the more likely it isn’t there any ...

I lived through the Eisenhower/Dulles years--some of the time, in Washington itself.  But here are some things I never grasped until today:...

Followup notes on Bernard Lewis and his Notes on a Century; Reflections of Middle East Scholar . For a man of 96, and one who has placed h...

Bonasera: .... Then I said to my wife, "For justice, we must go to Don Corleone." Don Corleone: Why did you go to the police?...

Kindleberger (citing Forelich and Oppenheimer) on the Dutch : Holland was the leader among the seven provinces, however, and as in politica...

I'm still noodling away  God and Gold . Walter Russell Mead's   everything-I-know-about everything summation of issues in Anglo-Ame...

Still trying to buff up my international relations skill set, I've more or less finished (i.e., with a bit of cheating) Joseph Nye, The ...

Steve Clemons ' fine appreciation of Chalmers Johnson, who died yesterday at 79, is worth every moment of your time, even though it conc...

Hint to the youth: Anytime a young intellectual is trapped in a nasty spot like this, squatting in a foxhole with anti-Semites and assorted ...