Section: The American Conservative (USA)
Laurus Contest Winners
‘Ustina,’ by Matthew Teter Above, the first winner of the Laurus contest: a portrait of the character Ustina from the celebrated Russian novel. Matthew Teter, the San Antonio, Texas, art teacher who produced the striking image above, writes: I was inspired by the novel LAURUS to paint an imagined portrait of the character Ustina. The novel...
No End to War in Sight
If you believed America’s longest war, in Afghanistan, was coming to an end, be advised: It is not. Departing U.S. commander Gen. John Campbell says there will need to be U.S. boots on the ground “for years to come.” Making good on President Obama’s commitment to remove all U.S. forces by next January, said Campbell, “would put the...
The Politics of Rebellion
Whoever wins the nominations, the most successful campaigns of 2016 provide us with a clear picture of where the center of gravity is today in both parties and, hence, where America is going. Bernie Sanders, with his mammoth crowds and mass support among the young, represents, as did George McGovern in 1972, despite his defeat, the future of the...
Clinton’s “Non-Intervention” Pandering
Michael Crowley reports on Hillary Clinton’s attempt to obscure her hawkish foreign policy record: As she makes a closing pitch that emphasizes her foreign policy chops, Clinton tends to gloss over the more hawkish episodes from her past. Asked by an Iowa voter at Monday’s forum to place her interventionist instincts on a scale of 1...
