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THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Ted Snider) - Economic Warfare, Militarized Diplomacy Are Brutal and Malfunctioning Tools

The Trump administration hurts the people it claims to be protecting. The post Economic Warfare, Militarized Diplomacy Are Brutal and Malfunctioning Tools appeared first on The American Conservative .

Foreign Affairs Economic Warfare, Militarized Diplomacy Are Brutal and Malfunctioning Tools The Trump administration hurts the people it claims to be protecting. On September 15, 1970, Richard Nixon ordered the CIAOpen

THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Taki) - The Dumb and Joyful Masses

Staring at your phone won’t make for a rich or exciting life, but at least you’ll be happy for a while. The post The Dumb and Joyful Masses appeared first on The American Conservative .

Takimag The Dumb and Joyful Masses Staring at your phone won’t make for a rich or exciting life, but at least you’ll be happy for a while. TakiMag Gustave Flaubert was a French writer who wrote the great Madame Bovary novel, among other lesser ones. A close friend of his once wrote to him asking for advice on happiness, and Gustave wrote back offering his fail-proof method to achieving joyfulness: “One needs good health, and also good luck. And of course stupidity, but if the last one’s missing, all’s lost.” Good old Gustave, he certainly knew things. If he were around today, he’d be finding some very happy people…Open

THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Andrew Day) - Trump Just Changed the Conversation About Iran

Washington and Tehran need not be enemies forever. The post Trump Just Changed the Conversation About Iran appeared first on The American Conservative .

Foreign Affairs Trump Just Changed the Conversation About Iran Washington and Tehran need not be enemies forever. We’ve never seen a president like Donald J. Trump. Heck, I’ve never seen a human being like Trump. When Henry David Thoreau wrote about the man who steps to the music of a different drummer, he was probably imagining a religious seeker or political dissenter—not a billionaire businessman who dated European supermodels and erected golden towers before ascending to the heights of global power. But has anyone danced so wildly through life as the current POTUS? Trump’s latest two-step: waging a brutal war against…Open