Kim R. Holmes is executive vice president at The Heritage Foundation, and a former assistant secretary of state for President George W. Bush.
View all authorsEconomyCommentary
Suppose someone told you there were over two decades of economic data showing the secret of success for every nation in the world and that… Read More
SecurityCommentary
After taking office, President Obama embarked on one of the riskiest experiments in American history. He decided to see what the world would look like… Read More
InternationalCommentary
It’s “historic.” A “landmark” breakthrough. By one stroke of the presidential pen, the tide of history has risen, never to recede again. How many times… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Russian President Vladimir Putin seems to have picked a bad time to try to restore the Russian empire. Collapsing energy prices are weakening the value… Read More
LawCommentary
Presidents in recent decades carefully tried not to overstep their executive authority in domestic policy. They may have pushed the envelope on national security and… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Foreign affairs may not have played a big part in the midterm elections, but that doesn’t mean all is well with current foreign policy. A… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Iraq’s chemical weapons are back in the news. The New York Times reported that American troops found roughly 5,000 chemical warheads, shells and aviation bombs… Read More
SocietyCommentary
This month marks the 50th anniversary of the Free Speech Movement at the University of California, Berkeley. The student movement that sparked the rebellions of… Read More
SecurityCommentary
President Obama insulted many Americans when he raised events in Ferguson, Mo., during his United Nations speech. They chafed at the implied moral equivalence of… Read More
InternationalCommentary
One of the lessons of statecraft is that mistakes tend to compound themselves. Good options disappear and bad ones proliferate. The hole is dug deeper… Read More
