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It’s no secret that Arab countries like Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates loathe Iran. What’s far more surprising is that Iran seems to ...The post Iran May Be Wearing Out Its Welcome Even in Syria and Iraq appeared first on Commentary Magazine. ... read more

Newt Gingrich called Donald Trump’s servile performance alongside Vladimir Putin in Helsinki this week the “most serious mistake” of his presidency. Gingrich only had to ...The post Montenegro, Russia, and the American Mission in Europe appeared first on Commentary Magazine. ... read more

Trump in Helsinki brown-nosing Putin. Trump on with Tucker Carlson threatening the viability of NATO. The possibility of an American ambassador being somehow presented to ...The post PODCAST: Oy, Such a Bad Week appeared first on Commentary Magazine. ... read more

At some point in recent decades—I couldn’t pinpoint the exact moment—corporate America turned itself into an organ of liberal nannyism and virtue signaling. No longer ...The post The Invasion of Ninnies and Nut-Eaters appeared first on Commentary Magazine. ... read more

You could sense a disturbance in the force on Tuesday, as center-left identitarian social-justice activists awoke to the news that former President Barack Obama had ...The post Obama Practiced the Very Identity Politics He Condemns appeared first on Commentary Magazine. ... read more

Come and see the COMMENTARY  podcast perform live on Monday, July 30, 2018, at 6 p.m. at The Comedy Cellar in New York City. Tickets are available now.The post Come See the Commentary Podcast Live appeared first on Commentary Magazine. ... read more

Since Donald Trump took the oath of office, he has vacillated between extremes. One day, he’s running a laudably conventional Republican administration. The next, he’s ...The post Will #NeverTrump Win in the End? appeared first on Commentary Magazine. ... read more

President Trump’s joint news conference Monday with Vladimir Putin was a catastrophe. On that, all but the most servile of his apologists agree. Not even ...The post Donald Trump Channels Noam Chomsky appeared first on Commentary Magazine. ... read more

Maybe geographic “sorting,” in which like-minded people tend to herd themselves into politically homogeneous communities, is to blame. Maybe social media and the caustic, stubborn ...The post The Importance of Being Stupid appeared first on Commentary Magazine. ... read more