Author: BooMan

Thank you, Laura Ingraham, for showing us who you really are. We won’t forget. I’m sure Dartmouth is proud.

I have so little patience with people who argue that we should commit acts of violence not because they will make things better but because we can’t be seen as bluffers. If people see that we were bluffing once,...

Secretary of State John Kerry certainly spoke with appropriate moral authority about the chemical attacks in Syria, but he didn’t answer any of my questions. He didn’t explain any theory of why the Syrian government...

I understand the impulse to want to know every damn thing that is going on, and I also understand the importance of having certain capabilities should unforeseen contingencies arise, but I kind of doubt that we gain more by...

The problem in Syria is that the opposition is no longer preferable to the regime and the regime is beyond redemption. Until I see evidence that contradicts it, I am not going to assume that Samantha Power is unaware of this...