History tells us that maritime skirmishes, like the fight over Ukrainian wheat, can escalate
By Lawrence B. A. Hatter
The argument over presidential power goes back to the very beginning of the American experiment; it's front and center again as Election Day looms
Tags: Columns & Letters, federalist papers, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison
There are some important differences between Ukraine's invasion of Russia and the ill-fated French and German invasions of past centuries
Tags: Columns & Letters, Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Russia, Germany, France
July 4 was created as a new kind of holiday — not to celebrate any individual, but to rejoice in self-government and shared citizenship
Tags: Columns & Letters
Although he founded the University of Virginia for the "illimitable freedom of the human mind," even Thomas Jefferson was taken aback when students had ideas about how things should be
Tags: Columns & Letters, Israel, Hamas, Israel-Hamas War, Protests, University of Washington, Divestment, Gaza
The bombing of Houthis in Yemen is reminiscent of the War of 1812, when America found itself in a situation it could not control
Tags: Columns & Letters, free trade, Houthis, Yemen, bombing, War of 1812, international trade, trade, Red Sea
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