Fact-Checking the Media’s New Passion for Fact Checking

While President Barack Obama was in office, the media’s official “fact-checkers” rarely checked Obama administration policies and narratives for truthfulness or accuracy.
Is He All There?

Who is the real Donald Trump?
American Society Headed Toward a Breaking Point

At the moment, Trump cannot end the war with the media and the Democrats because he is not the one waging it.
Turkey’s ‘Devout Generations’

Erdogan does not mind. As long as Turks are religiously devout, he thinks, scientific failure will not matter.
U.S. Ground Troops for Syria: A Really Bad Idea

The president is being asked by the Pentagon to provide U.S. ground troops to fight ISIS in Syria.
Our World: Senator Menendez and the Pollard Effect

Speaking to his ministers on Sunday about his visit last week to Washington, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heralded a new era in US-Israel relations.
When the Democrats and Russians Opposed Reagan

But will the Senate and House intelligence committees examine that evidence?
A Month of Islam and Multiculturalism in Germany: January 2017

“If we are serious about the fight against Islamism and terrorism, then it must also be a cultural struggle.”
The Horrific One-State Vision

The Israeli Right is insisting on portraying Israel as a rejectionist, fueling the BDS industry of lies and enacting laws with zero benefit and endless damage.
The Implications of Irrational US Nuclear Weapons Use for Israel

There is no scientific way to assess the probability of any future nuclear decision-making success. Accordingly, an inexperienced US president will need to be unerringly cautious in nuclear crises, especially regarding any considered resort to “pretended irrationality.”