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US ‘Needs’ Greenland for National Security Purposes, Trump Says
After being relatively quiet on the issue for months, President Donald Trump is once again making bold statements that the United States should control Greenland. The U.S. “needs Greenland for the purpose of National…
This book shows why invading Greenland would be a dumb idea
Polar War: Submarines, Spies, and the Struggle for Power in a Melting Arctic, by Kenneth R. Rosen, Simon & Schuster, 320 pages, $29 When he first started talking about it, President Donald Trump's desire to take over…
College Students Prefer Socialism, But How Long Will That Last?
People criticize capitalism. A recent Axios-Generation poll says, “College students prefer socialism to capitalism.” Why? Because they believe absurd myths. Like the claim that the Soviet Union “wasn’t real socialism.”…
4 Global Implications of Maduro’s Capture
The leader of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, is now in U.S. custody and appeared in federal court in New York on Monday, two days after the U.S. military captured him. The operation that ousted him will have deep and lasting…
Department of Education Cracks Down on Foreign Influence
On Jan. 2, the Department of Education officially launched its new and improved portal for universities to report foreign funding. In an earlier update, the department noted, the “current reporting portal had not been…
Reflections on a Visit to Israel
NA I recently returned from a two-week trip to Israel where I taught a course on "Knowledge and Democracy" at the law faculty at Uriel Reichman University (the former IDC Herzliya). I also did presentations at both…
6 ways sports and politics will collide in 2026
Hello and welcome to another edition of Free Agent! Try something new in the new year, even if it seems remarkably silly at first glance. Commiserations to everyone else who failed to win any of their five fantasy football…
Trump and Zelenskyy Meeting Sunday for Peace Talks
President Donald Trump will meet with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Sunday at Mar-a-Lago, in a bid to reach agreement on a peace plan to end the Ukraine-Russia war, Zelenskyy confirmed Friday morning.“This meeting is…
Trump Administration Drops Effort to Deport Chinese Dissident Guan Heng to Uganda
Guan Heng. (Illustration : Adani Samat Photo: Luo Yun) I recently wrote about the Trump Administration's reprehensible effort to deport courageous Chinese dissident Guan Heng to Uganda, which country would likely…
Trump’s Attempt to Deport Chinese Dissident Guan Heng is Part of an Awful Pattern
Guan Heng. (Illustration: Adani Samat Photo: guanguanofficial/Youtube) The Trump Administration's effort to deport Chinese dissident Guan Heng has rightly drawn widespread outrage and condemnation. Guan is a hero for…
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