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Sixty Days
There is a strait at the mouth of the Persian Gulf barely twenty-one miles across at its narrowest point, and through it
The Weight of the Chair
There is a particular kind of gravity that settles on a man when he inherits what he did not build but must now answer f
The Fire We Feed
There is a ceasefire in the Middle East, or so we are told. The United States brokered it — a negotiated halt to the war
The Accountants You Can't Fire
There is a certain kind of debt that cannot be named, denied, or negotiated away — and the bond market has no patience f
What Was Sold Last Night: A Letter to My Children on the Defeat of Thomas Massie
My children: I have started this letter and stopped, started it and stopped, because there are some things a father doe
The Promise of Easy Wars
In February of this year, the United States and Israel launched strikes against Iran. They said it was to destroy Iran&#
The Lobby That Will Not Register
The primary in Kentucky's 4th Congressional District is three days away, and by every public accounting it is now th
A Fire Already Burning
Kevin Warsh walked into the United States Senate on Wednesday and walked out with fifty-four votes and the most thankles
The Names in the Book
There is a moment in every father's life — a small, ordinary moment, perhaps over toast and homework, perhaps in the
The Levity of Empire
On the first day of May, before an audience at the Forum Club of the Palm Beaches, the President of the United States st
A Love Tap, A Long War
There is a particular kind of dishonesty that begins to bloom whenever a republic finds itself at war and would rather n
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