Every day thousands of people fly into and out of Washington’s Dulles International Airport. Few of them think about the man for whom the airport is named, John Foster Dulles. He was born on this day…

Policymakers should be careful not to focus to excess on the possibility of kinetic warfare in space.

As I’ve written previously, policymakers and pundits have some pretty silly proposals for the use of military force. Whether it’s President Clinton,“[It would] scare the shit out of al Qaeda if sudde…

A collection of protest songs providing a window into the mood of the anti-Vietnam War movement. 

A comprehensive list of each episode of The President's Inbox organized by topic.