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UNLIKE IKE

Pentagon Pete’s Diva Demand Leads to Humiliating Disaster

The defense secretary’s attempt to commandeer an Eisenhower artifact for his own office has ended in catastrophe.

Will Neal

Some ideas on what Trump's birthday parade could look like.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SIR

A Four-Mile Military Parade? Meet the Ultimate Trump Parade

Marching fake Melanias, flaming Cybertrucks, Don Jr. and burly men. What more could he need?

Nell Scovell

Donald Trump was criticized by the local media in Wichita over his comments following the Washington D.C. crash.
GOOD GRIEF

Kansas Media Slams Trump’s ‘DEI and Dwarfs’ Plane Crash Rant

A Kansas outlet’s opinion editor says the president was tone-deaf to a city in mourning.

David Gardner

Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger speaks to the news media after U.S. President George W. Bush named him to head a panel that will investigate the September 11 attacks, Nov. 27, 2002, at the White House.
ANGEL OR DEVIL

Henry Kissinger, Architect of U.S. Policy, Dies at 100

The Realpolitik operator re-opened China for Nixon and found détente with the Soviets—and sent incalculable numbers of Americans, Vietnamese, and other human beings to their death.

Andrew Nagorski

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THE ART OF THE POSSIBLE

Eisenhower’s Cagey Counsel on Waging War Still Works

The re-issue of Eisenhower’s memoir about his tenure as supreme commander in Europe during World War II is still plainspoken and relevant.

Nicolaus Mills

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RIP

George Shultz, Longtime GOP Cabinet Secretary, Dead at 100

Shultz served as Secretary of State, Treasury and Labor at different points during his long career.

Arya Hodjat

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INVADER

Sputnik Ignited Fears That the US Would Be Zapped From Space

When the Soviet Union launched its first satellite in 1957, a wave of fear swept across the US, where the public became convinced it was powerless against annihilation from space.

Ron Capshaw

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Walking In Fear

Russia Probe as World-Historical Rerun?

“The line between investigating and persecuting is a very fine one… We must remember that accusation is not proof.”

John Batchelor

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Poor Donald

Two GOP Health Care Wrongs Make a Right

The buck should stop with the President who promised that he’d cut the best deals, but came up against lawmakers who didn’t want to deal at all.

Matt Lewis

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Philistines Rule

Trump, the Philistine-in-Chief

D.C. was once the shining beacon of American culture, with the federal government financing the arts. Now the world watches in horror as the vulgarians in the White House and Congress take charge.

Clive Irving

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The Banality of Nationalism

Trump’s Kinder, Gentler Bannonism

The president didn’t change his promises, but he did find a very different way to describe them.

Matt Lewis

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