Kim R. Holmes is executive vice president at The Heritage Foundation, and a former assistant secretary of state for President George W. Bush.
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Suppose someone told you there were over two decades of economic data showing the secret of success for every nation in the world and that… Read More
SecurityCommentary
After taking office, President Obama embarked on one of the riskiest experiments in American history. He decided to see what the world would look like… Read More
InternationalCommentary
It’s “historic.” A “landmark” breakthrough. By one stroke of the presidential pen, the tide of history has risen, never to recede again. How many times… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Russian President Vladimir Putin seems to have picked a bad time to try to restore the Russian empire. Collapsing energy prices are weakening the value… Read More
LawCommentary
Presidents in recent decades carefully tried not to overstep their executive authority in domestic policy. They may have pushed the envelope on national security and… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Foreign affairs may not have played a big part in the midterm elections, but that doesn’t mean all is well with current foreign policy. A… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Iraq’s chemical weapons are back in the news. The New York Times reported that American troops found roughly 5,000 chemical warheads, shells and aviation bombs… Read More
SocietyCommentary
This month marks the 50th anniversary of the Free Speech Movement at the University of California, Berkeley. The student movement that sparked the rebellions of… Read More
SecurityCommentary
President Obama insulted many Americans when he raised events in Ferguson, Mo., during his United Nations speech. They chafed at the implied moral equivalence of… Read More
InternationalCommentary
One of the lessons of statecraft is that mistakes tend to compound themselves. Good options disappear and bad ones proliferate. The hole is dug deeper… Read More
SecurityCommentary
What’s at stake in Ukraine? If the actions of Western governments speak louder than words, the short answer is “not much.” The full range of… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Want to solve the border crisis? Stop what’s causing it. Simply throwing money at programs to absorb illegal immigrants will not end the humanitarian crisis… Read More
LawCommentary
June’s Supreme Court ruling limiting President Obama’s authority to make recess appointments is a victory for constitutional government. But before Americans celebrate too much, they… Read More
SecurityCommentary
President Obama is fond of saying he was elected to “end” wars, not start them. He clearly is tapping into Americans’ well-known weariness of wars… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Many people think President Obama’s speech at West Point was all about politics. Setting up straw men and knocking them down, the president defined himself… Read More
SocietyCommentary
We are asked every day to show solidarity with women and with racial and ethnic minorities around the world. Yet some of us too easily… Read More
America no longer openly tolerates racism. We should be proud of the swift condemnation of Los Angeles Clippers’ owner Donald Sterling for his racist remarks…. Read More
Forget the Hunger Games. Welcome to the Intolerance Wars. Every day, it seems, someone tries to silence someone else in the name of some higher… Read More
President Obama is shrinking America’s armed forces, and his admirers say: “Why not?” The U.S. always draws down its military forces at the end of… Read More
The Obama administration would like nothing more than to find an off ramp from the Ukrainian crisis. An unwelcome distraction from its domestic agenda, Ukraine… Read More
China’s rise has the Obama administration looking as uncertain as the proverbial deer in the headlights. Caught between the unappealing alternatives of embracing or containing… Read More
The “knockout game,” where defenseless people are brutally and randomly attacked, is a shocker. It’s hard to imagine why teenagers, apparently bored out of their… Read More
Talk of American exceptionalism enrages some liberals. For example, it drove Oliver Stone and American University professor Peter Kuznick to pen a USA Today commentary … Read More
News
President Obama’s speech tonight makes one thing clear: Despite all his bellicose rhetoric, he never wanted to strike Syria in the first place. Yes, he… Read More
Is Obama’s plan to strike Syria in America’s strategic interests? Is it true that unless we attack Syria, chemical weapons could somehow be used against… Read More
For a leader, neglect almost always turns out for the worse. Problems fester. Opponents are emboldened, and supporters demoralized. Aimlessness begets powerlessness, as changing positions… Read More
President Obama last night continued his hijacking of the American Dream. Using language long accepted as part of the American tradition, he struck a pose… Read More
News
Speaker of the House John Boehner (R–OH) recently delivered a blistering critique of President Obama’s Russia “reset” strategy. “Over the last two and a half… Read More
The deep cuts in defense spending envisioned in the just-announced debt ceiling deal raise a fundamental question for Americans: Will we let a deal stand… Read More
What to do about Libya? First of all, we need to be clear about our national interests. Since we have lived with the Muammar Qadhafi… Read More
