After Iran Nuke Deal, Iran Hates US Even More

It’s often the case with bullies: you give them what they want, and they despise and disrespect you even more for it. Such is apparently the case with Iran. We delivered a pretty lax nuclear deal to Iran, one which almost guarantees that they will have nuclear weapons very soon. And how did they respond […]

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The John Kerry Version of Pascal’s Wager

In comments recently, John Kerry tossed out the environmentalist version of Pascals Wager: If we make the necessary efforts to address this challenge—and supposing I’m wrong or scientists are wrong, 97 percent of them all wrong—supposing they are, what’s the worst that can happen? We put millions of people to work transitioning our energy, creating new and renewable […]

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American Hypocrisy on International Military Aggression

Secretary of State John Kerry, speaking on Face the Nation, had some hard words for Russia on the situation in Crimea and Ukraine: You just don’t in the 21st century behave in 19th century fashion by invading another country on a completely trumped up pre-text. Hmmm. Kind of like the U.S. has done over and […]

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Ugandan President Signs Anti-Homosexual Bill

Yesterday, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signed Uganda’s controversial anti-homosexual bill into law. The bill further criminalizes homosexual behavior, which was already illegal in Uganda. First-time offenders can be imprisoned for up to fourteen years and there are even harsher measures for “aggravated” homosexuality—an instance where an HIV-infected person commits homosexual acts. At first the bill […]

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John Kerry and This Little Thing Called the Internet

In a recent speech at the U.S. Embassy in Brazil, John Kerry made some very telling remarks about the difficulties of governance in the digital age: I’m a student of history, and I love to go back and . . . think about the 18th, 19th centuries and the balance of power and how difficult it […]

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