Rethinking U.S. Foreign Policy
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on November 14th, 2014 12:08 am by HL
Rethinking U.S. Foreign Policy
George Will, National Review
Barack Obama’s coming request for Congress to “right-size and update” the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) against terrorism will be constitutionally fastidious and will catalyze a debate that will illuminate Republican fissures. They, however, are signs of a healthy development — the reappearance of foreign-policy heterodoxy in Republican ranks.
Gruber and the Stupidity of the American Voter
Gruber’s Confession Impolitic, But Not Newsworthy
Brian Beutler, TNR
Earlier this year, the opponents of the Affordable Care Act spun a complete revision of the law’s legislative history from a video in which MIT professor, and Obamacare architect, Jonathan Gruber mistakenly said citizens in states that don’t set up their own exchanges won’t be eligible for health insurance subsidies.
All Eyes on Jeb Bush
A.B. Stoddard, The Hill
The 2016 GOP presidential nominating contest, which began after last week’s midterm elections wrapped up, already includes 17 potential candidates and their families, hundreds of would-be staff and several dozen top Republican donors. Though they aren’t saying it out loud, all of them are waiting for the decision of one person: former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.
