Mark Nuckols

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Mark Nuckols
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Is Vladimir Putin Bluffing? No, He Isn’t.
By Mark Nuckols
Presidents and prime ministers are often referred to as “statesmen.” And there is a dangerous and naïve assumption that “statesmen” ...
September 30, 2022
Ronald Reagan’s Big Pipeline Caper
By Mark Nuckols
Perhaps what we need these days is a bit of the daring and bravado America mustered at the height of ...
September 29, 2022
Liberal Double Standards and 'Fascism'
By Mark Nuckols
Mehdi Hasan is one of MSNBC’s most popular hosts. For American liberals, he’s a dream come true. Muslim, check. Raised ...
September 15, 2022
More Mush From the Wimp
By Mark Nuckols
Partisan leftists who watched Joe Biden’s speech Thursday night in Philadelphia saw a vibrant defense of democracy, a rousing call ...
September 03, 2022
Is the Left Preparing for Civil War?
By Mark Nuckols
President Biden has finally said it – the F word. Seventy-four million Americans voted for President Donald Trump in the ...
August 30, 2022
Averting Disaster in Ukraine
By Mark Nuckols
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is an inspiring figure. And it is hard not to admire the courageous spirit of the ...
July 20, 2022
An American Political Refugee in Belarus
By Mark Nuckols
I am a U.S. citizen. On July 1 I entered the Republic of Belarus and applied for political asylum. I ...
July 18, 2022
Russia’s Wounded Pride and Ingrained Paranoia
By Mark Nuckols
The two main drivers of Russia’s initiation of its war in Ukraine are a deep sense of wounded national pride ...
May 13, 2022
In Ukraine, a Bad Peace Is Better Than a Good War
By Mark Nuckols
A negotiated end to the war in Ukraine is imperative, and the sooner the better. However, it will require Ukraine ...
May 11, 2022
Ukraine
By Mark Nuckols
A few caveats. All I write here is based on limited information on conditions on the ground, predictions are dicey ...
February 27, 2022
Afghanistan: What Next?
By Mark Nuckols
The finger-pointing is already well underway. Who lost Afghanistan? Well, there is plenty of blame to go around, from the ...
August 16, 2021
What a Second American Civil War Could Look Like
By Mark Nuckols
I fear that there is a looming civil war on the horizon. It is not yet inevitable, but all true ...
July 21, 2020
NYT: It Is Time for Reparations
By Mark Nuckols
New York Times editor Nikole Hannah-Jones thinks all non-African-Americans owe her money, and she is sick and tired of waiting ...
July 02, 2020
Morally Obscene BLM Radicalism in the New York Times
By Mark Nuckols
The New York Times has embraced a brand of BLM radicalism that is morally obscene and breathtakingly intellectually dishonest.  NYT ...
July 01, 2020
Welcome to the Police-Free People’s Republic of Powderhorn Park
By Mark Nuckols
You probably know the old expression: a conservative is a liberal who’s been mugged. Well, I must have been either ...
June 26, 2020
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