Right Goal, Wrong Way

"Is TTIP Dead? If It Is, Does It Matter?," Forbes, August 30, 2016, "Since 2013, the U.S. and the EU have been negotiating a trade deal, known as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, or TTIP. Over the weekend, Sigmar Gabriel, the leader of Germany’s Social Democratic Party, which is part of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s governing coalition, made waves by stating, during a question and answer session with citizens, that “In my opinion, the negotiations with the United States have de facto failed, even though nobody is really admitting it.”"

Who Pays for Haiti's Cholera Epidemic?

"When the UN Has to Pay, You Pay," Newsday, August 28, 2016, "When an international organization screws up, who’s responsible? The answer, too often, is no one. And if it’s the United Nations that’s at fault, and it does pay up, guess what? It’s your money they fork over."

How to Make Brexit A Reality

"The Next Steps on the Road to Brexit," Daily Signal, August 23, 2016, "Britain’s vote to leave the European Union on June 23 was a milestone in the history of the United Kingdom, and of the defense of British freedom and sovereignty. But it was also just the start of securing Britain’s independence. It is one thing to vote to stand on your own two feet, it is another thing to do it."

US Goals at 2016 ATT CSP

"The Goals the U.S. Should Pursue at the 2016 Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty," Heritage Foundation Issue Brief #4603, August 19, 2016, "From August 22 to 26, the second Conference of States Parties (CSP2) to the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) will be held in Geneva. The United States is a signatory of the ATT, in force since December 2014—but as the Obama Administration has not transmitted this treaty to the Senate for its advice and consent, the U.S. is not party to the ATT, which purportedly seeks to regulate the international trade in many conventional weapons. As an observer nation, the U.S. will have an important voice, though no vote, in Geneva."

Debunking the ‘Facts’ About Baseball’s Ty Cobb

Debunking the ‘Facts’ About Baseball’s Ty Cobb, Newsday, August 14, 2016, "When you hear the name of Ty Cobb, what comes to your mind? Perhaps it’s his .366 career batting average, the highest in the history of baseball. More likely, if you know his name, it’s as a vicious racist, a bigot who sharpened his spikes."

The Olympics And International Order, Part 3

The Olympics And International Order, Part 3, Forbes, August 2, 2016, "For the past two days, I’ve been commenting on the relationship between the Olympic Games and international order. On Sunday, I summarized the founding ideology of the modern Games, which were, in a word, supposed to promote a particular conception of civilization. On Monday, I explored how the idea of the civilized nation fit into this framework. But of course, the idea of the nation-state implies the concept of patriotism — or nationalism. The Olympics have never quite known what to do with nationalism. On the one hand, the modern Games were supposed to reinforce national loyalties in an era when they seemed threatened by mass movements such as socialism. On the other hand, nationalism was supposed to be a tolerant force, and to be embodied in a civilized nation that accepted and embodied Western institutions and ideas about world order."

The Olympics And International Order, Part 2

The Olympics And International Order, Part 2, Forbes, August 1, 2016, "The modern Olympics, those that began in 1896, were founded, as I discussed yesterday, on four pillars: they were for men only, they were for amateurs only, they were for civilized nations only, and they were democratic, in the sense that they were equally open to all classes. The pillar of democratic sport survives; the pillars of female exclusion and amateurism, obviously, have not. Today. I’ll turn to the final pillar: nationalism, and the idea of the civilized nations."