Eric Kuhn

If we disallow lying in the interrogation room, what’s next? Disallow it on the campaign trail? On cable news? This will threaten our whole way of life!

The Arab Spring was an epic fail; democracy, openness and good governance did not sweep the middle east or north Africa. One of the worst results was in Syria, where the protest movement became a civil war that was eventually won by the bad guys. The Assad regime, which had been merely oppressive, rose to […]

Lately, we have experienced a series of “bomb threats.” There has been a rash of them targeting historically Black colleges and universities during February.

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them. I propose a fourth category.

The science-will-save-us thing has worn a little thin. The hot trend in climate-netting is back-to-nature- specifically, planting trees.

How is it that the withdrawal of so small a contingent of American soldiers — some 2,500– caused the tide to turn so quickly in Afghanistan?

The race is on to exfiltrate the Afghans who helped us fight the Taliban, now that our 20-year effort to re-invent Afghanistan has ended. It’s a race, because if the Taliban finds and identifies them in Afghanistan, their throats will be slit.

Long before spreading falsehood online became a career opportunity and a political strategy, many many people believed falsities and disbelieved truths. Even so, there is one perennially asserted and believed untruth about American politics that puzzles me.