Unlike some, I don't claim to hold the mystic key to the future. But judging from past events, it seems to me… — Walter Russell Mead Copy Share Image
Mr. Obama's approach to engagement to some degree makes him dependent on people who wish neither him nor America well. This doesn't… — Walter Russell Mead Copy Share Image
This very individualistic form of Protestant Christianity that became so basic in English and then American life is to a large degree responsible for… — Walter Russell Mead Copy Share Image
The American people are extraordinarily comfortable, affluent, and secure. It's easy for us to make the argument that God's purpose is being fulfilled through… — Walter Russell Mead Copy Share Image
“The African villager with a solar powered smartphone has more access to more information than Louis XIV in the halls of Versailles.” — Walter Russell Mead Copy Share Image
Carter's hopes died when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan and he ended up having to reverse policy and launch the military buildup that Reagan… — Walter Russell Mead Copy Share Image
“Saying that Jesus was a moral teacher is like calling Winston Churchill a landscape painter; both statements are true (and Jesus was a much… — Walter Russell Mead Copy Share Image
When Edward Gibbon was writing about the fall of the Roman Empire in the late 18th century, he could argue that transportation hadn't changed… — Walter Russell Mead Copy Share Image
We Americans look at the last 300 years of history, and we basically see a world that's getting better and better. The rule of… — Walter Russell Mead Copy Share Image
There is not a great sense that the Americans know what they are doing, or are making much progress in Iraq. And there is… — Walter Russell Mead Copy Share Image
Unlike some, I don't claim to hold the mystic key to the future. But judging from past events, it seems to me that those… — Walter Russell Mead Copy Share Image
Mr. Obama's approach to engagement to some degree makes him dependent on people who wish neither him nor America well. This doesn't have to… — Walter Russell Mead Copy Share Image
