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Football and the Geography of Wealth
Driving through Vienna yesterday morning on my way to a business meeting, I found myself marveling at the enormous houses rising in neighborhoods that…
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The Narrow Ground
There is a schoolyard maxim, a small coming-of-age truth, that at some point you must punch the bully in the face.
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The Nuclear Argument
As the Iran War enters its fifth month, the Trump administration has settled on a simple, forceful message: “We can’t let them have a nuclear weapon…
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Country Roads and the World Cup
During the World Cup, Take Me Home, Country Roads became something of an unofficial American anthem—sung first by U.S.
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When They Go Low…
Michelle Obama once urged that when others go low, we go high.
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Washington and Small Pox
George Washington’s most important task in the war against Britain was not winning glorious battles.
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Trump and the Allure of Winners
When President Trump wandered into Spain’s team celebration at the World Cup, it was more than his instinct to occupy the spotlight or drain the oxygen…
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The World Cup and the Mirror
It is often said that the World Cup mirrors life.
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Antifa and the Politics of Manufactured Meaning
Vice President JD Vance’s attempt last week to rally the international community around the “Antifa threat” may be the clearest illustration yet of how…
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Testosterone and War
In one of the stranger stories in a time when strange stories are plentiful, Secretary Hegseth announced that military personnel over thirty will have…
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The Culture of Fandom
Last year I interviewed former MLS defender Robbie Russell, who played professionally in both the United States and Europe.
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Boasting as a Military Strategy
President Trump and Secretary Hegseth have lately doubled down on the claim that the United States continues to “dominate” Iran militarily, having…
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