The Unbelievable Man-Baby Fires Comey! The Unbelievable Man-Baby Fires Comey!
Just like on his old TV show…
May 16, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow
What Kissinger Can Teach Trump about Surviving an Impeachment What Kissinger Can Teach Trump about Surviving an Impeachment
It’s all showbiz—that’s how Henry escaped the Watergate dragnet.
May 11, 2017 / Greg Grandin
About That Kissinger Quote Neil Gorsuch Likes… About That Kissinger Quote Neil Gorsuch Likes…
A joke? Who was it that said the use of jokes “points the way to their future uses”? It’s Götterdämmerung time.
Feb 3, 2017 / Greg Grandin
American Foreign Policy Has an Empathy Problem American Foreign Policy Has an Empathy Problem
We need to understand the perspectives of important actors clearly enough to calculate the likely consequences of our actions.
Dec 21, 2016 / Feature / Robert Wright
Trump’s Taiwan Kerfuffle—and How the Policy Wonks Got It Wrong Trump’s Taiwan Kerfuffle—and How the Policy Wonks Got It Wrong
The claim that he had no idea of the political and diplomatic implications when he took his call from Taipei does not hold water.
Dec 9, 2016 / Patrick Lawrence
Mad Men: Trump May Be the Perfect Vehicle for Kissinger’s Philosophy Mad Men: Trump May Be the Perfect Vehicle for Kissinger’s Philosophy
The elder statesman has always insisted on the importance of unpredictability, even irrationality, in diplomacy.
Dec 8, 2016 / Greg Grandin
How ‘The New York Times’ Whitewashed the 1968 ‘October Surprise’—and Why It Still Matters How ‘The New York Times’ Whitewashed the 1968 ‘October Surprise’—and Why It Still Matters
Ever since Nixon and Kissinger undermined the Vietnam peace talks to win that election, politicians have used militarism abroad to defeat domestic opponents.
Nov 2, 2016 / Greg Grandin
Bernie Sanders Speaks: Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, and Building a Revolution Bernie Sanders Speaks: Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, and Building a Revolution
Plus, Edward Snowden on the NSA and Greg Grandin on Henry Kissinger.
Sep 22, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
The First E-mail Scandal, Long Before Hillary Clinton: Iran/Contra The First E-mail Scandal, Long Before Hillary Clinton: Iran/Contra
She’s not the first powerbroker to get into trouble for mishandling e-mails. Reagan aides Oliver North and John Poindexter were convicted of destroying public records.
Aug 25, 2016 / Greg Grandin
Hillary Clinton’s Embrace of Kissinger Is Inexcusable Hillary Clinton’s Embrace of Kissinger Is Inexcusable
Bernie Sanders should call on her to repudiate him as the war criminal he is.
Aug 9, 2016 / Greg Grandin