“... by the intelligence community. The document laid out what was essentially a political argument to bolster the administration’s case against the Assad government. It was, however, more specific than Obama would be later, in his speech on 10 September: American intelligence, it stated, knew that Syria had begun ‘preparing chemical munitions’ three days ...”

“... having kept the New Witness going after the war when Chesterton went on American lecture tours to bolster his finances. She had found new backers, and had the contacts, the efficiency and the bitterness to sustain its campaign. And yet after a year of dithering, Chesterton called his sister-in-law in and murmured, while doodling the outlines of a French ...”

“... it just as forcefully. How could he consistently associate himself with Russophobes such as Richard Pipes, who want us to believe that Russians have authoritarianism stitched into their genetic code? Deep contextual insight is ostensibly what leads Cohen to dismiss foreign blueprints and game plans. Russia should develop ‘an indigenous economic ...”