January 23, 2018

International NGOs back Haiti's Undermining of Dominican Sovereignty

There is a historic sentiment in Haiti that the island it shares with the Dominican Republic should be one and indivisible – not only geographically, but also politically, economically, and in virtually every other regard.  Such senti...

December 3, 2016

Trump: The Hedgehog President

In their book Presidential Greatness political scientists Marc Landy and Sidney Milkis argue that the success of a president rests on his ability to “engage the nation in its struggle for its constitutional soul.” Moreover, they posit tha...

July 26, 2014

Ground-to-air presidential affairs

As far as I can remember President Obama has been displaying an inexcusable air of aloofness. His recent ground-to-air movements along the West Coast evidence the virtual severance of presidential affairs from international and domestic matters of ce...