Seventeen years, 2,351 Americans dead, 20,094 wounded. These grim numbers scarcely begin tell the story of the Afghanistan war, which marked its 17th anniversary on Sunday, Oct. 7. It’s been a tragic failure, but for reasons few people understand. Read on.
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By allying with Saudi Arabia’s Islamist monarchy, American policy betrays our own ideal of political freedom and sells out the regime’s victims — thus continuing a wider pattern in America’s Mideast policy. The essay spotlights the fate of Raif Badawi and the subjugation of Saudi women. Read more: The Sordid US-Saudi Alliance: Betraying Individualism
The range of Ayn Rand’s commentary on cultural-political issues was sweeping. You can see that, for example, in some of the topics she explored in her public lectures at the Ford Hall Forum: from the philosophic meaning of Woodstock and the moon landing, to the ecology movement and the moral significance of the Catholic Church’s … Continue reading Ayn Rand’s Distinctive View on International Affairs | New Ideal
Twenty five years ago, Israel and the Palestinians signed the fateful Oslo peace accord. What has been the legacy of this acclaimed venture in peacemaking? Read: How 25 years of Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking aggravated the conflict
In this episode of Exploring Minds, Michele Carroll & Elan Journo explore the Israeli & Palestinian conflict as laid out in his book “What Justice Demands”. Along they way, they touch on the Ayn Rand Institute, freedom of speech, political tribalism, laissez-faire economics, and the virtue of selfishness. Watch now.
Elan Journo writes: There’s a well-established pattern among political and intellectual leaders of underrating the aims, morale, and capability of the Islamist movement. And it costs us dearly. Take, for example, the following assessment of various Al Qaeda factions in Iraq. At the time, Al Qaeda was supposed to have been “decimated,” even as the … Continue reading Inside the Caliphate: Understanding ISIS | New Ideal
Elan Journo joins Ben Domenech of The Federalist Radio Hour to overturn conventional views about America’s stake in the Middle East. Listen to the podcast: Why We Need Moral Clarity In The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
In The Federalist, Elan Journo writes: For his new Showtime series, Sacha Baron Cohen, the satirist who created and starred in the film “Borat,” carried out a prank laden with political significance. While the prank’s main focus is a commentary on gun control, it can also be taken as a critique of some Americans’ reflexive, … Continue reading Sacha Baron Cohen Reveals Need To Think More Deeply About Israel | The Federalist
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