Wayne Bowen
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Wayne Bowen received his Ph.D. in history from Northwestern University, and is also an Army veteran.
OpinionNovember 15, 2015
Uncle Sam's Miserable ChildrenOn a wet and dreary day in Washington, D.C., last month, I visited the site of the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial, appropriately commemorating Marines on a day like many when they fought their bravest battles. The memorial itself is in Arlington, Virginia, in sight...OpinionOctober 27, 2015
Putin collecting chips with weak handTo paraphrase C.S. Lewis, who wrote of other fiends, there are two errors one can commit when considering Vladimir Putin: ignoring the essential nefariousness of his endeavors, or ascribing to him a strategic brilliance that has not been manifest in his foreign pol...OpinionOctober 6, 2015
Saving Syria, saving EuropeTwo major events in the Syrian Civil War have highlighted the abject failure of U.S. policies: the introduction of Russian combat power in support of the dictatorship of Bashar al Assad, and the humiliating collapse of U.S. efforts to train and equip Syrian rebels ...OpinionSeptember 1, 2015
Losing history by designHistory does not change but our relationship to it does. Even though it shapes the present, preserving the past unquestioned and unaltered -- or, more accurately, preserving how our predecessors viewed the past -- is not an obligation of the present. It is an unrea...OpinionAugust 18, 2015
Banning The Box: Enabling A Second Chance"Convicted felon" is a phrase that conjures images of hardened criminals, supermax prisons, and repeat offenders. These are who many people have in mind when they refuse to hire those with felonies in their past. The question -- "have you ever been arrested for or ...OpinionJuly 28, 2015
'A Plan of Action' to build an Iranian bombThe "Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action" between the U.S., European Union, France, Germany, UK, Russia, China and the Islamic Republic of Iran, with a stated purpose to "ensure that Iran's nuclear programme will be exclusively peaceful" will provide Iran with the t...OpinionJuly 14, 2015
Immigration is huge issue in EuropeIllegal aliens clambering over fences. Truck drivers fighting off refugees attempting to hitch a ride. Terrified civilians trapped on major highways, surrounded by desperate asylum seekers. Coast guard units on the alert for illegal aliens arriving by sea. ...OpinionJuly 5, 2015
Talking Turkey: the good and bad of ErdoganThe Republic of Turkey is the most powerful nation in the Middle East, with the largest economy, strongest armed forces and a population greater than that of Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Israel combined. While a member of NATO and host to two U.S. Air Force bases, relati...OpinionJune 16, 2015
Spain's EU rescue: an ambulance in first gearThe Kingdom of Spain is beset by problems that would seem impossible to hold within one state: 25 percent unemployment, corruption scandals that bring weekly arrests of elected officials and civil servants, illegal immigration from North Africa and the Middle East,...OpinionMay 19, 2015
Certain ambiguity: Partnering with the European UnionThe European Union is the most successful multinational organization in history, with decades of achievements in promoting trade, a currency union (the euro), freedom of movement, and the peaceful resolution of disagreements. This latter point, the development of c...Advertisement
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