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Don't Make Ukraine Another Vietnam Apr. 28, 2025
Fifty years ago on April 30, Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese, and the defeat was America's, too.... Read More
An Oldie From the Summer of 1968 Hits the Charts Again Jul. 24, 2024
A Democratic president announces he will not run for reelection and throws his support to his vice p... Read More
The Vietnam Era Never Ended for Biden's Party May. 06, 2024
"This may be Biden's Vietnam." Bernie Sanders' warning couldn't be starker. The campus protests that... Read More
No, Demonstrations Today Not Like the 1960s May. 01, 2024
The current demonstrations on college campuses against Israel remind some of the unrest on college c... Read More
Stress Test for a Fading Superpower Feb. 11, 2022
Because America entered both world wars of the 20th century last, while all the other great powers b... Read More
The Bitter Fruits of Interventionism Aug. 24, 2021
As President Lyndon Johnson and the best and brightest of the 1960s were broken on the wheel of Viet... Read More
Hey, You! Hero! Did You Lose the War? Aug. 20, 2021
Yeah, you. Twenty years ago, they couldn't get enough of you, back when the 9/11 smoke was still in ... Read More
Aftermath of an Afghanistan Debacle Aug. 20, 2021
In Afghanistan, the mission failure appears complete. The trillion-dollar project to plant Western d... Read More
Mission Impossible Was Not Possible Aug. 19, 2021
As the images of chaos at Afghanistan's main airport looped on the news channels, "disaster" quickly... Read More
Afghanistan and Cuba Show the Limits of US Power Jul. 08, 2021
If you've ever been on a date with someone who got up to go to the restroom and never came back, you... Read More
Are We To Be the World's Greatest Force for Good or Not? May. 11, 2021
America is going through convulsions that may destroy it as the country we and the world have known ... Read More
April 2, 2021 Apr. 02, 2021
Dear Annie: I read the letter from "Too Little, Too Late," whose Vietnam vet husband is robotic and ... Read More
Trip to Vietnam Reconfirmed my Hatred of Communism Feb. 02, 2021
Ten years ago, I wrote a column reflecting on my reactions to visiting Vietnam. Given the lack of re... Read More
Up for a New Cold War -- With China? Apr. 28, 2020
Is America, in lockdown, with 26 million unemployed and entering a new depression, up for a confront... Read More
Trump and the Perils of Being a Wartime President Mar. 22, 2020
The new coronavirus has been one of the worst moments of Donald Trump's presidency. A crisis erupted... Read More
Trump Upholds the Tradition of Lying About War Jan. 09, 2020
Donald Trump's administration has been a fountain of lies from his first day in office. But the U.S.... Read More
Cruising on the Mekong River Jan. 04, 2020
By Doug Hansen When my wife and I planned our visit to Southeast Asia we included a seven-night rive... Read More
On Being the Good Guys Nov. 29, 2019
People often offer cynical interpretations of American support for Israel. It's the malign influence... Read More
50 Years Ago: The Day Nixon Routed the Establishment Nov. 01, 2019
What are the roots of our present disorder, of the hostilities and hatreds that so divide us? When d... Read More
He Walks Where He Chooses to Walk Sep. 21, 2019
Years ago, when the great American socialist Norman Thomas was speaking at the University of Virgini... Read More
