Trump and the Transformation of Politics

Posted by on Sep 10, 2016 in Articles, Featured, US Domestic Policy | 0 comments The history of political parties is rather boring. Not much has changed since the French Revolution, which produced the the terms “Left” and “Right” to reflect where people sat in the National Assembly. The early 20th century saw the rise of Communist parties on the far left. Shortly later, fascist parties began to emerge on the far right. Aside from these challenges from the margins,...
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The Globalization of Trump

Posted by on Sep 10, 2016 in Articles, Featured, US Domestic Policy, US Foreign Policy | 0 comments Here at Emergency Travel Services, we believe that it’s never too early to plan your vacation. Or your emigration. Based on the latest polls, most of you are confident that Donald Trump won’t be elected president in November. If the election were held today, according to statistician Nate Silver, Trump would have about a 12 percent chance of winning. His odds improve to about 13 percent for...
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Trump: Not the Peace Candidate

Posted by on Aug 10, 2016 in Articles, Featured, US Domestic Policy, US Foreign Policy | 0 comments Donald Trump presents his worldview as fresh and new. He promises to shake up the U.S. foreign policy elite that Hillary Clinton represents. He heaps scorn on the Obama administration’s approach to the Middle East, its failures to engage Russia and North Korea, its woeful neglect of the U.S. military. He wants U.S. allies to pull their own weight. Trump intends to put “America...
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The Myth of Trump’s Alternative Worldview

Posted by on Aug 10, 2016 in Articles, Featured, US Domestic Policy, US Foreign Policy | 0 comments Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has staked out a foreign policy position quite distinct from his opponent, Hillary Clinton. It is not, however, “isolationist” (contra Jeb Bush and many others) or “less aggressively militaristic” (economist Mark Weisbrot in The Hill) or “a jolt of realpolitik” (journalist Simon Jenkins in The Guardian). With all due respect to these...
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The Gunman

Posted by on Aug 10, 2016 in Articles, Blog, Featured, US Domestic Policy | 0 comments Every era has its representative figure. The Neolithic era had the Farmer. The avatar of the Middle Ages was the Monk, bent over an illuminated manuscript. For the period before and after 1492, the Explorer captured the global imagination. During the Industrial Revolution, the Worker embodied the age of manufacturing. And now we have the Gunman. The Gunman is everywhere. He is a soldier. He is a...
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Donald Trump and America B

Posted by on Jun 26, 2016 in Articles, Europe, Featured, US Domestic Policy | 0 comments The voters vowed to take their revenge at the polls. They’d missed out on the country’s vaunted prosperity. They were disgusted with the liberal direction of the previous administration. They were anti-abortion and pro-religion. They were suspicious of immigrants, haughty intellectuals, and intrusive international institutions. And they very much wanted to make their nation great...
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