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A survey by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni found that "more Americans could identify Michael Jackson as the composer of 'Beat It' and 'Billie Jean' than could identify the Bill of Rights as a body of amendments to the U.S. Constitution."

If schools stop teaching history, we’re doomed

May 31, 2019 at 4:20 p.m.

Is the study of history becoming, well, history? According to Benjamin Schmidt of Northeastern University, the number of bachelor’s degrees granted in history declined from 34,642 in 2008 to 24,266...

I worked to defeat Obama. I’d gladly take him back.

May 31, 2019 at 4:18 p.m.

How I miss Barack Obama. And I say that as someone who worked to defeat him: I was a foreign policy adviser to John McCain in 2008 and to Mitt...

A welder fabricates a steel structure at an iron works facility in Ottawa, Ontario, Monday, March 5, 2018.

Imposing tariffs is stupid policy, from soup to nuts

May 31, 2019 at 4:22 p.m.

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross may have looked ridiculous hoisting a can of Campbell's soup on TV, but he has a valid if narrow point when he seeks to minimize the...

President Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi share a laugh at the White House on June 26.

Donald Trump is a joke, but incredibly unfunny

May 11, 2019 at 4:12 a.m.

Has there ever been a president as humorless as Donald Trump? Doubtful. Trump traffics in bombast, braggadocio and bluntness. He is a master of insults, self-praise, and mangled syntax. But...

It’s more obvious than ever: Trump doesn’t care about the national interest. He’s in it for himself.

August 18, 2019 at 2:38 p.m.

For a president who lies more than any of his predecessors — even Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon! — Donald Trump can also be candid to a fault. Recall how,...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, left, speaks during a meeting with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, unseen, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 20, 2016.

Duterte’s flip-flop into bed with China is a disaster for the United States

June 9, 2018 at 9:11 a.m.

International relations theorists of a "realist" persuasion like to claim that states are rational actors pursuing their strategic interests in an anarchic world where power alone matters. Ideology and domestic...

A supporter holds a sign as Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a rally, Friday, May 6, 2016, in Omaha, Neb.

The Republican Party is dead

May 11, 2019 at 3:18 a.m.

I have been a Republican as long as I can remember. Joining the Grand Old Party seemed like a natural choice for someone like me who fled the Soviet Union...

Accept the Blackwater mercenaries

August 21, 2021 at 7:44 p.m.

Like a volcano finally erupting after repeated rumblings, the actions of a Blackwater USA team in Baghdad last month have brought to the surface a scalding gusher of animosity toward...

WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING

August 21, 2021 at 8:55 a.m.

Unlike most issues in the immigration debate, the idea of offering citizenship to foreigners who first join the armed forces should be a winner for everyone. It is good for...

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