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After Helsinki: A Coup in the Making

President Donald Trump’s meeting with President Vladimir Putin of Russia and their joint press conference in Helsinki on July 16 have ignited an ongoing paroxysm of rage and hysteria in the U.S. media.

Desperate Fatties

George McCartney

This month we have two—you’ll excuse the expression—art-house films: You Were Really Never Here and Tully. Both feature actors—Joaquin Phoenix and Charlize Theron—who heroically gained 50 pounds to play their roles.

In Praise of Cultural Appropriation

Jeff Minick

One step at a time, and sooner or later you can run a marathon. One page at a time, and sooner or later you can read Will and Ariel Durant’s 11-volume The Story of Civilization.

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America's Lengthening Enemies List
Pat Buchanan | August 14, 2018
A list of America's adversaries here would contain the Taliban, the Houthis of Yemen, Bashar Assad of Syria, Erdogan's Turkey, Iran, North Korea, Russia and China—a pretty full plate. Are we prepared to see these confrontations through, to assure the capitulation of our adversaries? What do we do if they continue to defy us?
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An Acceptable Hatred
Tom Piatak | August 13, 2018
[F]or large swaths of elite opinion, it is now perfectly acceptable to hate people who think like me or look like me. And the people who approve of this hatred also claim for themselves the mantle of righteousness and moral superiority.
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Commeration of Amiens
Ralph Berry | August 9, 2018
On August 8th, 1918, the battle of Amiens began, with stunning success. It was a masterpiece of planning and execution, utterly different from the blood-soaked failures of previous attacks—which included the Kaiserschlacht of July 1918.
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The Legacy of Infinite War
Nick Turse | August 9, 2018
While so much about the War on Terror turned Global War on Terrorism turned World War IV turned the Long War turned “generational struggle” turned “infinite war” seems repetitious, the troops most associated with this conflict—the U.S. Special Operations forces—have seen changes galore.
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