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Donald Trump

Making the GOP Liberty-Friendly Requires More Than Just Rejecting Donald Trump

Even if Trump loses this primary race, there’s every reason to think his party will retain its present will to power.

Bonnie Kristian | 11.23.2022 1:45 PM

Foreign Policy

The U.S. Is Entangled in Ukraine for the Long Haul

Accountability, diplomacy, and planning are essential for preventing a forever proxy war.

Bonnie Kristian | 11.14.2022 8:00 AM

Campaigns/Elections

'Election Fraud' Can Become Our Awful New Hyperbole

If we go through one election cycle after another and every loser unjustifiably cries fraud, eventually the claim will cease to impress.

Bonnie Kristian | 11.4.2022 3:05 PM

Syria

Biden Can't Have It Both Ways on Drone Strikes

If the combat mission is over in the Middle East, Biden should follow—and make permanent—more cautious drone guidelines.

Bonnie Kristian | 10.11.2022 1:10 PM

Donald Trump

What the FBI's Mar-a-Lago Warrant Does—and Doesn't—Mean

Even if a warrant wasn’t the DOJ’s only option, its choice to go this route doesn’t signal—let alone prove—anything about the future of the probe.

Bonnie Kristian | 10.5.2022 2:35 PM

Iran

The Iranian Protests Were Not Made in the U.S.A.

The onerous sanctions regime carried out by the Trump and Biden administrations has done immeasurable harm in Iran.

Bonnie Kristian | 9.27.2022 4:10 PM

Journalism

What Happens When Reporters Are Barred From the Story

Their articles do not, in fact, get more accurate.

Bonnie Kristian | 9.16.2022 1:10 PM

Internet

Everyone Wants To Ban Certain Content Online. No One Wants To Talk Enforcement.

Proposed internet bans open a can of worms about how to punish those involved in creating and consuming controversial content.

Bonnie Kristian | 9.9.2022 1:00 PM

Ukraine

Washington Is Learning the Wrong Foreign Policy Lesson in Ukraine

So far, U.S. support for Ukraine hasn’t had any consequences for us. We shouldn’t expect it to always be that way.

Bonnie Kristian | 8.25.2022 10:00 AM

Afghanistan

Welcome to the Post-Post-9/11 Era

But a few remnants of post-9/11 foreign and domestic policy still need to be thrown out.

Bonnie Kristian | 8.18.2022 4:40 PM

Religion

What the Methodist Split Tells Us About American Political Polarization

However this denominational divorce plays out, theology around same-sex relationships isn’t the only thing driving Methodists apart.

Bonnie Kristian | 8.10.2022 2:55 PM

Foreign Policy

Pelosi's Trip to Taiwan Might Be Good for Her Legacy, but It's Bad for Everyone Else

Nancy Pelosi’s presence in Taipei will not magically make Taiwan more secure from Chinese invasion.

Bonnie Kristian | 8.2.2022 2:45 PM

Russia

Don't Let Russia's Regime Change Plans Draw the U.S. Into War

As appalling as the Russian foreign minister’s admission is, it does not change the reasons to avoid a war with Moscow.

Bonnie Kristian | 7.28.2022 10:10 AM

Climate Change

Not Everything Is a National Emergency

If the National Emergencies Act goes without reform, presidents will continue to misuse emergency declarations as leverage to shift Congress.

Bonnie Kristian | 7.19.2022 4:20 PM

Politics

The Left and Right Are Living in Different Realities

The risk of broad and overcautious policies is one we should take more seriously.

Bonnie Kristian | 7.13.2022 2:15 PM

Abortion

The Troubling Meaning of the 'We Will Adopt Your Baby' Meme Wars

The debate isn’t a panorama of the whole American abortion war, but it is a snapshot of a key battle after a surprise victory, and it shows no path to peace.

Bonnie Kristian | 7.7.2022 12:00 PM

Family

The End of Roe Is Republicans' Latest Excuse for Growing the Size and Cost of Government

There is demand for child tax credits, paid family leave, and funding for crisis pregnancy centers but the Rubio-Romney plan is not the answer.

Bonnie Kristian | 6.28.2022 4:20 PM

Elections

Elections Are Too Online

We can make our voting systems just a bit dumber and a whole lot safer.

Bonnie Kristian | 6.20.2022 3:35 PM

Yemen

Why Aren't We Out of Yemen Yet?

Biden's vague, partial drawdown isn't enough.

Bonnie Kristian | 6.9.2022 11:30 AM

Lockdowns

Only the Constitution Stands Between Us and Shanghai-Style Lockdowns

It would be a mistake to see these lockdowns as a foreign oddity to be pitied and tweeted.

Bonnie Kristian | 6.1.2022 12:20 PM

Foreign Policy

Reckless Foreign Policy Gives the U.S. a Bad Reputation

A significant portion of the world views the U.S. as a threat to democracy in their home countries.

Bonnie Kristian | 5.6.2021 4:30 PM

Foreign Policy

The U.S.-China Relationship Doesn't Have To Be 'Increasingly Adversarial'

Many U.S. complaints about China aren’t about actions that threaten U.S. security.

Bonnie Kristian | 3.31.2021 3:00 PM

Coronavirus

Stop Saying We Can't Go Back to Normal After Vaccines

We can justifiably hope for normalcy by Independence Day.

Bonnie Kristian | 3.4.2021 7:00 AM

Foreign Policy

Dysfunctional and Disorderly at Home, the U.S. Must Stop Meddling Abroad

Our own house is not in order, and Washington has no business policing the world or forcibly remaking other countries in its own image.

Bonnie Kristian | 1.19.2021 11:02 AM

Robots

Bad Cop, No Robot

The case for legally constraining what police departments can do with robots.

Bonnie Kristian | 12.31.2020 1:55 PM

Coronavirus

Stop Saying Lockdown Is 'Not That Hard'

Staying isolated from family and friends is wrenchingly difficult, even when it’s the right thing to do.

Bonnie Kristian | 12.10.2020 2:55 PM

Police

These Mississippi Cops Want a Camera on Your Door

Real-time police spying through smart security cams is already here.

Bonnie Kristian | 12.3.2020 3:35 PM

Biden Administration

Biden's Natsec Team Is Conventional in Style—and, Unfortunately, Policy

Joe Biden's natsec team fulfills his campaign promise of a return to normalcy and conventional Washington. That also means maintaining the failed status quo of the post-9/11 era.

Bonnie Kristian | 12.1.2020 2:30 PM

Foreign Policy

The Foreign Policy Questions Trump and Biden Should Answer

American voters deserve careful scrutiny of the candidates' positions on individual conflicts.

Bonnie Kristian | 10.22.2020 8:30 AM

Libertarian Party

Libertarian Lawmakers or Libertarian Laws?

Advancing laws that further libertarian objectives, no matter who champions them, looks like the surer route to our preferred ends.

Bonnie Kristian | 10.21.2020 12:00 PM

New York City

Orthodox Jews Say They're Being Targeted by New NYC Lockdowns

The newest lockdown, which explicitly targets religious gatherings, seems likely to further skepticism of public health directives.

Bonnie Kristian | 10.8.2020 10:40 AM

Immigration

Will the U.S. Allow in Any Refugees Next Year?

Unless the president takes action, the cap will fall to zero today due to an arbitrary and cruel refugee system.

Bonnie Kristian | 9.30.2020 12:11 PM

Middle East

Don't Sell Weapons to the UAE

Selling weapons to the UAE would stamp brutality and extremism abroad with American approval.

Bonnie Kristian | 9.29.2020 12:25 PM

Kamala Harris

Kamala Harris' Limited Vision of Religious Liberty

The presumptive Democratic vice presidential nominee offers a highly circumscribed notion of the role of faith in public life.

Bonnie Kristian | 8.18.2020 9:45 AM

Cancel Culture

What Cancel Culture Has In Common With Medieval Outlawry

Both outlawry and cancel culture grow out of the same human impulse toward ostracism, the desire to exclude offenders from “respectable” society.

Bonnie Kristian | 7.28.2020 9:12 AM

Coronavirus

Do COVID-19 Complications With Marriage Licenses Show It's Time To Get the Government Out of Marriage?

Post-pandemic deregulation will be more complicated than it looks.

Bonnie Kristian | 7.14.2020 2:20 PM

Foreign Policy

Trump Said 'You Don't Have To Drop Bombs on Everybody.' He's Right.

The president’s accidental vision of a war-free second term.

Bonnie Kristian | 6.29.2020 5:15 PM

Foreign Policy

The War on Terror Comes Home

The foreign policy lesson in the struggle for police reform

Bonnie Kristian | 6.9.2020 1:25 PM

Coronavirus

As Pandemic Spending Rises, Pentagon Spending Needs Cuts

The coronavirus pandemic should certainly occasion more prudence at the Pentagon in strategy and spending alike.

Bonnie Kristian | 5.1.2020 11:00 AM

Coronavirus

Trump Should Forget Iran. America Has a Pandemic To Handle.

Keeping up maximum pressure is a dangerous distraction for the United States and catastrophic for the Iranian people.

Bonnie Kristian | 4.2.2020 8:15 AM

Foreign Policy

This Is the Executive War-Making the Founders Tried To Prevent

The framers of the Constitution were quite right that wars should be difficult to start and easy to end.

Bonnie Kristian | 1.29.2020 4:55 PM

Foreign Policy

Escalation Breeds Escalation, in Iran and Beyond

Washington's dangerous reliance on military intervention does not serve American interests, increase our security, or put us on a path to peace.

Bonnie Kristian | 1.10.2020 11:05 AM

Foreign Policy

Iraqi Protests Are Yet Another Reason To End U.S. Intervention

America's exit from Iraq could benefit both Iraqis and Americans.

Bonnie Kristian | 12.10.2019 3:20 PM

Foreign Policy

Trump's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Foreign Policy

President Trump's foreign policy flies in the face of his rhetoric.

Bonnie Kristian | 10.29.2019 6:00 PM

Foreign Policy

We Can Learn 3 Lessons From Trump's Partial Syria Withdrawal

Reshuffling is not only a haphazard half-measure—it is no substitute for the complete withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria.

Bonnie Kristian | 10.10.2019 7:00 AM

Foreign Policy

America Can't Win Afghanistan's Civil War for Kabul

Washington's priority should be ending America's role in this fight.

Bonnie Kristian | 9.24.2019 12:30 PM

Foreign Policy

The U.S. Shouldn't Play Endless Whac-A-Mole in Syria

ISIS' terror should not be minimized, but Washington should refrain from inflating it to justify unnecessary military action.

Bonnie Kristian | 8.9.2019 5:00 AM

Foreign Policy

Give Nuclear Freeze a Chance

Integrating North Korea into the global economy, not forcing denuclearization, is our best chance at improving ordinary citizens’ quality of life.

Bonnie Kristian | 7.2.2019 11:20 AM

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