On UK Defenses, Go See My 2008 Paper

"Are Britain’s Defenses As Weak As They Say?,” Forbes, September 30, 2016, "Last week, the Financial Times published a stinging summary of the state of Britain’s defenses, based on a 10-page memo written last spring by General Sir Richard Barrons. Formerly the head of the UK’s Joint Forces Command, Sir Richard reported that the “[c]apability that is foundational to all major armed forces has been withered by design.”"

A Doozy of a Whopper

"Brexit Is A Backlash About Democracy," Yorkshire Post, September 27, 2016, "IF there’s one thing people like to do, it’s tell stories. We all need to make sense of this busy world, and we do that by making events fit into a neat narrative. But the story Americans are hearing about Brexit is, as we’d say, a doozy."

What Do We Want? Brexit. When Do We Want It? Now.

"The U.S. Would Like to See A Rapid and Clean Brexit, But the U.K. Shouldn’t Be Rushed Into Hasty Negotiations," BrexitCentral, September 26, 2016, "On process, and indeed overall, the central US interest is that Brexit should be completed as rapidly and cleanly as is reasonably possible."

All We Have to Fear

"Fear Isn’t All We Have to Fear," Newsday, September 24, 2016, "After last weekend’s Islamist-inspired terror attacks in New York City, New Jersey, and Minnesota, President Barack Obama declared: “As Americans, we will not give into fear." That statement places him in one wing of the liberal tradition. Unfortunately, he doesn’t share all of the tradition."

The Drifting U.S. Policy Toward Europe

"America’s Outdated Europe Policy: In 2017, the Next President Must Adapt to New Reality," The Conservative, a publication of the Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe, volume 1, issue 1, September 16, 2016, "Since the end of World War II, U.S. policy toward Europe has drifted, without deliberate thought, far from its initial premises—while Europe itself has changed beyond recognition. It is time that the U.S. recognized this fact. The incoming President should direct the National Security Council (NSC) to oversee a comprehensive study of U.S. policy toward Europe, a study to be based on the enduring American interests in Europe, the lessons of the post-1945 era, and on the new facts of Europe that have emerged since 1989."

The U.S. Interest in Brexit is For It to Happen Quickly

"U.S. Interests in the United Kingdom and Europe After Brexit," Heritage Foundation Commentary, September 14, 2016, "The Committee should emphasize that the fundamental interest of the U.S. is for the U.K.’s departure to happen as quickly and cleanly as possible. After the U.K. exits, it will regain the freedom to negotiate its own trade agreements, and the U.S. should then move rapidly to formally conclude a free trade agreement with it."

A Tax on Teaching

"When Joining A Union Is Not The Answer," Newsday, September 10, 2016, "Late last month, the National Labor Relations Board voted to allow graduate students with teaching or research jobs to unionize. If you believe that professors today focus too much on research and not enough on teaching, this decision was another step in the wrong direction."