Roundup

Can we redeem “civic virtue” in the age of Donald Trump?

by Andrew Burstein and Nancy Isenberg

Americans keep looking for simplistic answers in an imaginary past — but the founders may have useful advice.

Trump is more paranoid and dangerous than Nixon

by Rick Perlstein

There are two key differences that set Trump apart from his predecessor in paranoia. First, his soul is sicker by miles than Nixon’s. And second, the surveillance apparatus he is about to inherit is far scarier than the one available to Nixon.

Obama never understood how history works

by David Greenberg

Obama's Syria legacy won't be the only factor shaping how posterity regards his foreign policy. The uneven efforts to wind down the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, the still-controversial Iran nuclear deal, the opening to Cuba, the weakening of al-Qaida and other terrorist groups, the struggles to revive peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians - these add up to a mixed and complicated recor.

Hamilton helped elect his rival to keep an ‘unruly Tyrant’ from the presidency. If only . . .

by Dana Milbank

“Great Ambition unchecked by principle . . . is an unruly Tyrant.” – Hamilton on Burr

Trump's Madman Gambit

by Jeffrey P. Kimball

History shows his nuclear threats will fail.

America’s Major Challenges in Middle East Policy, 2017

by Juan Cole

Trump’s announced Iran policy is a mess, and it remains to be seen if he can shape it into something meaningful.

Roundup Top 10!

This week's broad sampling of opinion pieces found on the Internet, as selected by the editors of HNN.

Trump's Middle East Policy Revealed?

by Daniel Pipes

Trump will learn soon enough there's no way to ignore the Middle East, much as he'd apparently like to. 

Not Your Founding Fathers' Electoral College

by Robert Schlesinger

Stop saying this is how the system was designed to work.

Which Articles on HNN Drew the Most Hits in 2016?

Here’s our top 10 list. You may be surprised by the results.

Pink-Collar Pain and Our New President

by Katherine Turk

American women should spotlight shared concerns and demand that Trump do much more for laborers than search for the blue collar jobs that were more likely automated than exported.

JFK’s Dangerous Playbook for Trump

by Jeff Greenfield

How Kennedy stretched the power of the White House to go after companies—and what could go wrong.

The Woman Who Killed the Soviet Union

by Ralph Benko

She was a Texas socialite who got a congressman to back the Mujahideen in Afghanistan.

Obama's Foreign Policy Was an Utter Failure

by Victor Davis Hanson

Nations are collections of human beings, and human nature has not changed, despite Obama’s pleadings.

Aleppo, the American Civil War, and “Civilization”

by Matthew C. Hulbert

We have been in the very place Aleppo is now. Scenes like those seen lately taking place in the streets of that city played out on American soil during our own civil war.

Can Republican senators get to 60 seats in 2018?

by Stuart Rothenberg

A net change of eight seats would be large by historical standards but not unprecedented.

Classifying humans into races the biggest mistake in history of science

by Darren Curnoe

Race theory has wreaked untold misery and been used to justify barbaric acts of colonialism, slavery and even genocide.

With Fall of Aleppo, will a Russo-Iranian Middle East challenge Trump?

by Juan Cole

While Trump himself has indicated an ability to live with a Russo-Iranian Middle East, his cabinet will be made extremely upset by it.

Two Bullies, Putin and Erdoğan, Try Friendship

by Daniel Pipes

Turks and Russians have a long and complex history.

Roundup Top 10!

This week's broad sampling of opinion pieces found on the Internet, as selected by the editors of HNN.