We’ve turned our attention to Latin America again. That’s bad for Latin America.
The US wars in the Middle East distracted us, for a time, from a destructive meddling closer to home.
Trump’s real impeachable offense
Can Trump be deposed for being a bad president? Certainly not. Were his dealings with Ukraine so egregious as to justify his removal from office? Maybe. Should he be impeached? Yes — but not for any of the reasons his enemies cite.
Our misunderstanding of the hostage crisis still poisons US-Iran relations
A FEW WEEKS AGO, as I was giving a speech urging better relations between the United States and Iran, a man on the edge of the crowd began shouting in protest. Slowly I was able to make out his words. He was chanting a single phrase: “Hostage crisis! Hostage crisis! Hostage crisis!”
