Rob Bradley

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Miscalculations Based On Faulty Intelligence: Book Review of Nuclear Folly

Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis By Serhii Plokhy April 2021 464 pages W.W. Norton With President Vladimir Putin putting Russian nuclear forces on high alert several weeks ago, what book could be timelier than Serhii Plokhy's Nuclear Folly, an outstanding narrative of those

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Republicans Need To Build Their Coalition, Not Destroy It

One might think that Republicans would understand that political power in America is all about building coalitions. The Republican Party was founded in 1854 by creating a coalition of anti-slavery Northerners and the remnants of the Whig party. Abolitionists, merchants, and the emerging urban middle class combined to create a