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American Power in a Multipolar World — None Of The Above
American foreign policy is in crisis. The bipartisan consensus that emerged after the Cold War has collapsed after a string of American failures, like the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now, with the rise of China and the new ascendance of middle powers, the United States must rethink its engagement with the world. But where to start?
The U.N. Doesn’t Get Credit for the Lives It Saves
Presidential motorcades are rolling through midtown Manhattan this week in the annual pilgrimage of world leaders to the United Nations General Assembly. Some Americans may catch a headline or a clip from a speech before they turn their attention back to the price of groceries, a prescription refill or their commute home.
Town Crier: Cherokees rout the British at Fort Loudoun (part 2)
As European nations ventured around the world in the 1700’s, adding conquests and colonies to their portfolios, face-offs and struggles against each other were bound to come to a head at various times and places. In the 1750’s, a world conflict erupted between primarily Britain on one side and France and Spain on the other. This “world war” saw fighting in Europe, Asia, Africa, South America and North America.
Opinion | Harris' tough talk is allowing Trump to claim the 'antiwar' mantle
When Israel killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah with a U.S.-made bomb, Vice President Kamala Harris hailed the act as “a measure of justice.” Now Harris’ team struggles to defend Israel’s devastating air strikes on Lebanon, which have displaced hundreds of thousands.
What We’re Learning About Harris’s Foreign Policy
On Aug. 22 at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Vice President Kamala Harris will take the stage to officially accept her party’s nomination. After a week of speeches, will a new Democratic foreign policy take shape? Will Harris try to put daylight between herself and her current boss, U.S. President Joe Biden?
Walz VP Pick Can Help Harris Change U.S. Foreign Policy
U.S. Foreign Policy Elections United States U.S. President Joe Biden has pitched himself as a transitional figure—someone who could right the ship after former President Donald Trump’s mercurial tenure while a new generation of Democrats readied for the future. On matters of foreign policy, it often felt as though Biden had one foot in the past and another in the present. His worldview is shaped by the Cold War and steeped in conventional notions of American indispensability.
Europe and NATO can’t help the U.S. counter China. Here’s why
At a recent news conference, U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken stood shoulder to shoulder with NATO’s secretary general to deliver a sweeping vision. “The alliance recognizes that security challenges in one part of the world impact another — and vice versa,” Blinken said.
Opinion: Europe and NATO can’t help the U.S. counter China. Here’s why.
At a recent news conference, U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken stood shoulder to shoulder with NATO’s secretary general to deliver a sweeping vision. “The alliance recognizes that security challenges in one part of the world impact another — and vice versa,” Blinken said.
Europe and NATO can’t help the US counter China
At a recent news conference, U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken stood shoulder to shoulder with NATO’s secretary general to deliver a sweeping vision. “The alliance recognizes that security challenges in one part of the world impact another – and vice versa,” Blinken said.
Column: Europe and NATO can’t help the U.S. counter China. Here’s why. Original
At a recent news conference, U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken stood shoulder to shoulder with NATO’s secretary general to deliver a sweeping vision. “The alliance recognizes that security challenges in one part of the world impact another — and vice versa,” .
Europe and NATO can’t help the US counter China. Here’s why.
At a recent news conference, U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken stood shoulder to shoulder with NATO’s secretary general to deliver a sweeping vision. “The alliance recognizes that security challenges in one part of the world impact another — and vice versa,” Blinken said. He paraphrased Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan: “What’s happening in Ukraine today may well be happening in East Asia tomorrow.” kAm%96 DF3E6IE H2D F?>:DE2<23=6i %96 &?:E65 $E2E6D 6IA64ED tFC@A6 E@ ;@:? :ED 42>A2:8?
Here’s How Biden Could Trump-Proof NATO
At the recent presidential debate, President Joe Biden asked Donald Trump a simple question: Are you going to stay in NATO? Trump fell cryptically and uncharacteristically silent – and then shrugged, sending chills down the spines of our staunchest allies. NATO, the mutual-defense alliance co-founded by the U.S. 75 years ago, has defended Western democracies since the dawn of the Cold War. Now it faces a threat from America itself.
Commentary: Europe and NATO can't help the US counter China
At a recent news conference, U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken stood shoulder to shoulder with NATO’s secretary general to deliver a sweeping vision. “The alliance recognizes that security challenges in one part of the world impact another — and vice versa,” Blinken said.
Europe and NATO can't help the US counter China. Here's why
At a recent news conference, U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken stood shoulder to shoulder with NATO's secretary general to deliver a sweeping vision. "The alliance recognizes that security challenges in one part of the world impact another - and vice versa," .
Commentary: Europe and NATO can’t help the US counter China. Here’s why
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken gives a press conference as part of the Nato Foreign Ministers meeting on Ukraine at Nato Headquarters in Brussels, on Nov. 29, 2023. (Saul Loeb/Pool/AFP/Getty Images/TNS) SAUL LOEB/AFP TNS At a recent news conference, U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken stood shoulder to shoulder with NATO's secretary general to deliver a sweeping vision. "The alliance recognizes that security challenges in one part of the world impact another - and vice versa," .
Opinion: Europe and NATO can't help the U.S. counter China. Here's why
Mark Hannah July 8, 2024 at 3:00 AM·4 min read At a recent news conference, U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken stood shoulder to shoulder with NATO’s secretary general to deliver a sweeping vision. “The alliance recognizes that security challenges in one part of the world impact another — and vice versa,” .
Commentary: Europe And NATO Can’t Help The US Counter China. Here’s Why - Los Angeles Times
At a recent news conference, U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken stood shoulder to shoulder with NATO’s secretary general to deliver a sweeping vision. “The alliance recognizes that security challenges in one part of the world impact another — and vice versa,” .
U.S. Presidential Election 2024: Americans Don’t Want a Wartime President
United States Ukraine U.S. President Joe Biden pitches his bid for reelection as a defense of American democracy itself. It’s a shrewd strategy as his opponent displays an awkward affection for autocrats.
Opinion: $95 billion Israel-Ukraine aid package gives Biden huge leverage. He should use it Original
Editor’s Note: Mark Hannah is a senior fellow at the nonprofit Institute for Global Affairs at the Eurasia Group and host of its “None Of The Above” podcast. The views expressed in this commentary are his own. Read more opinion at CNN. The $95 billion military aid package President Joe Biden signed Wednesday was a feat of tough-minded negotiation to get funding to Ukraine and Israel after months of congressional horse-trading.
The Town Crier: Recipe for happiness (part one)
I’m kind of hungry. I’m not always hungry, but I can always eat. And with that in mind, I’m going to the old shelf in the kitchen and pull down a recipe book. Well, what do you know? From 1982 here’s the “Crown Gardens Cuisine” fundraiser cookbook put out by the Whitfield-Murray Historical Society, whose headquarters are the Crown Gardens & Archives right next to the Crown Cotton Mill.
The Town Crier: Life as doggy
When scientists want to study humans they usually use monkeys or apes of some kind. They say rhesus monkeys are extremely similar to humans biologically, and for behavior studies they’ll use chimpanzees who differ from us in the DNA department by just a few percentage points. If I could curl my lips like they can when they are being funny, I would say it’s even closer than that. But when I think about it, I think my life as a kid was most like the life of a dog.
The Town Crier: Old jokes
Milton Berle, who had a reputation for stealing other comedians' jokes, supposedly said, “There are no old jokes as long as there are new audiences.” Old jokes still work as long as the reference is still understood by the modern audience. For example: “Ma, Ma, where’s my Pa? Gone to the White House, ha ha ha!” You can stop scratching your head, this is a joke on Democratic President Grover Cleveland, who had a child out of wedlock and never married the mother. It was both a chant and a joke.
The Town Crier: DLT forever (part two)
Last week, with the help from a newspaper article from 1966, the Town Crier looked at the origins and growth of the Dalton Little Theatre's legacy up through World War II. The current, or “modern,” Dalton Little Theatre was formed in 1955. It has a Board of Directors and a chairperson of the board. The formation in 1955 had an assist from the Dalton Junior Women’s Club.
The Town Crier: DLT forever (part one)
I came across an article from the Dalton paper (yes, this one) from 1966 that declares it contains the “Authoritative History” of the Dalton Little Theatre. That means from the time the article was written we have had 57 more years of history for our namesake amateur thespian organization. It’s claimed Dalton has the oldest ongoing little theater in Georgia. Another first for Dalton/Whitfield.
The Town Crier: Photo finder (part three)
We’ll finish looking for clues in old photographs of Dalton this week, as found in the Dalton Daily Citizen’s book “Looking Back” from 2001 that was filled with snapshots of days long past submitted by local citizens. We’re skipping the primary interest in the pictures, the people, and focusing on the signs visible in the background and some of the streetscape features. The signs present us with the stores, shops and businesses that used to line the streets.
The Town Crier: Photo finder (part two)
Last column we started through the “Looking Back” photo book the Dalton Daily Citizen put out in 2001 filled with old photos of folks and families and familiar places from waaaay back in time. The Town Crier took a look at the book a while back but focused on what most folks would focus on, the people and places.
The Town Crier: Photo finder (part one) Original
The vast majority of photographs are of people or scenery, or both. Hey look, there’s Dad posing in front of the Grand Canyon! There’s the family in front of the Christmas tree all wearing their pajamas! There’s grandma sitting on a porch swing somewhere! Ah, the wonderful memories. And when looking at pictures, that’s what most folks focus on. But the Town Crier always likes to take a closer look at things.
The Town Crier: So far, so good Original
After 2023 I’ve been a little nervous about how things are going to be in 2024. But here I am, a week into the year, and surprisingly, so far, so good. I’m just about to let my guard down and relax. If the last few days are any indication, 2024 is going to go smoothly. Maybe even be a great year. I’ve eaten good home cooking for several meals, including a homemade blueberry pie made with frozen blueberries I picked back in the summer from my bushes. Delicious.
The Town Crier: New Year’s negative Original
Back before digital photography with all its electronics and pixels and sensors, we took pictures on film. If you’re old enough you’ll remember that we would shoot a roll of film and then send it to the lab to get it developed. This might be the local place where they had developing machines inside or you might drop it off somewhere to send it off for processing. In a few days, for the sendoff places, and then eventually a few hours for the local processing machines, you’d get your pictures back.
The Town Crier: Christmas lights Original
There’s nothing like Christmas lights to cheer up the longest, coldest nights of the year. Just when everything starts getting gloomy out there, along comes a holiday, a celebration of the arrival of a little baby that came for the hope of peace on Earth and good will toward all people. It’s the birthday of Baby Jesus, both the example for and the exception of how we’re supposed to love ... but unfortunately fall short throughout the year.
The Town Crier: Snake oil Original
The term “snake oil” shows up in America as a folk remedy as early as the 1850s, where the oil from snake fat, especially rattlesnakes, was said to cure various ills. In Georgia it was said to remedy gout and rheumatism. In Pennsylvania it was said to cure deafness. Those Northerners are soooooo gullible.
Commentary: Does Biden benefit if foreign policy dominates the 2024 campaign?
Conventional wisdom suggests Americans know little about foreign policy and care about it even less. Opinion polls regularly show that international issues take a back seat to topics more prosaic (economics, education) or provocative (culture wars, gun control). Next year’s presidential election, however, might be a bit different.
Does Biden benefit if foreign policy dominates the 2024 campaign?
Conventional wisdom suggests Americans know little about foreign policy and care about it even less. Opinion polls regularly show that international issues take a back seat to topics more prosaic (economics, education) or provocative (culture wars, gun control). Next year's presidential election, however, might be a bit different.
Commentary: Does Biden benefit if foreign policy dominates the 2024 campaign?
Conventional wisdom suggests Americans know little about foreign policy and care about it even less. Opinion polls regularly show that international issues take a back seat to topics more prosaic (economics, education) or provocative (culture wars, gun control). Next year’s presidential election, however, might be a bit different.
The Town Crier: Letter from Tilton
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The Town Crier: Letter from Tilton
Did you know we have a “town” in Whitfield County named Tilton? Actually, I guess it’s now a ghost town, like they have out west except there aren’t old buildings left or tumbleweeds. Tilton, just like Dalton, came into being as a railroad town, one of the many spots that popped up along the rails for a wood and water resupply station for the trains. For whatever reason, Dalton is the city that took off, while Tilton was destined to flow and then ebb like the tide.
Opinion: Does Biden benefit if foreign policy dominates the 2024 campaign?
President Biden made the case for war aid to Israel and Ukraine on Oct. 19 from the Oval Office. (Jonathan Ernst / Associated Press) Conventional wisdom suggests Americans know little about foreign policy and care about it even less. Opinion polls regularly show that international issues take a back seat to topics more prosaic (economics, education) or provocative (culture wars, gun control). Next year’s presidential election, however, might be a bit different.
Opinion: Does Biden benefit if foreign policy dominates the 2024 campaign?
Conventional wisdom suggests Americans know little about foreign policy and care about it even less. Opinion polls regularly show that international issues take a back seat to topics more prosaic (economics, education) or provocative (culture wars, gun control). Next year’s presidential election, however, might be a bit different.
Opinion: Does Biden benefit if foreign policy dominates the 2024 campaign?
President Biden made the case for war aid to Israel and Ukraine on Oct. 19 from the Oval Office. (Jonathan Ernst / Associated Press) Conventional wisdom suggests Americans know little about foreign policy and care about it even less. Opinion polls regularly show that international issues take a back seat to topics more prosaic (economics, education) or provocative (culture wars, gun control). Next year’s presidential election, however, might be a bit different.
Opinion: Does Biden benefit if foreign policy dominates the 2024 campaign?
President Biden made the case for war aid to Israel and Ukraine on Oct. 19 from the Oval Office. (Jonathan Ernst / Associated Press) Conventional wisdom suggests Americans know little about foreign policy and care about it even less. Opinion polls regularly show that international issues take a back seat to topics more prosaic (economics, education) or provocative (culture wars, gun control). Next year’s presidential election, however, might be a bit different.
The Town Crier: Holiday capers Original
There are two kinds of capers. The first is edible, a type of small, pickled flower bud from the Mediterranean region that I enjoy in pasta dishes. The other kind of caper is a kind of crime story where there’s an intricate and usually comic heist carried out and the story follows the criminals instead of the police.
The Town Crier: Autumn cleaning Original
Spring cleaning is the one that gets all the publicity. And from the way things used to be, that makes historical sense. After being closed up in your log cabin or your castle all winter, trying to keep from freezing, it was a welcome relief to throw those windows open, air out months of fireplace smoke, flush the moths out and then dust and sweep the place out.
The Town Crier: Hold your breath Original
The Town Crier has often talked about the wonderful smells out there, everything from spring flowers to the smell of a fresh cut lawn to the seemingly endless scented delights of the Southern kitchen. But let’s face it, there’s plenty of times when squeezing your nose firmly between thumb and index finger is definitely called for. They say scent is one of the most basic senses out there and the smell from Grandma’s kitchen can take you back decades and flood your head with memories.
The Town Crier: The Eating Season
When is baseball season? Well, they don’t call the players “The Boys of Summer” for nothing. There’s spring training which includes some preseason games and then by the time the weather is warming up the teams are off and running for the pennant. And when school lets back in and fall is on its way you know it’s football season. If you’re a college or pro champion the playoffs are after Christmas with ice hockey and basketball in full swing and fighting for the fans.
The Town Crier: The Eating Season
Is it true we can live in peace? When we become entangled with spiritual resistance and allow…
The Town Crier: Rich for a kid Original
At one point in the 1970s, with a small population but a booming carpet industry, Dalton was the town with the most millionaires per capita in America. Dalton was a gold rush town and the gold was wall to wall shag. And back then a million dollars really meant something! My family roots are pretty modest, with both sides coming from East Tennessee. But with the coming of carpet came opportunity for all. As a kid, my take on the world was, well, a kid’s-eye-view.
10/20/23 National Security News and Commentary
Quotes of the Day: “Truth is not what you want to be; it is what it is, and you must bend to its power, or live a lie.” - Miyamoto Musashi "As the family goes, so goes the nation, and so goes the whole world in which we live." - Pope John Paul II "We grow tyrannical fighting tyranny.
New Survey: Order and Disorder - IGA
In a democracy, the voice of the people (“vox populi”) is supposed to be the voice of God (“vox dei”). In the United States, leaders are supposed to rely on the consent of the governed. Yet, within the realm of foreign policy, the popular will is not being reflected in the views of elected leaders and experts.
New Survey: Order and Disorder
In a democracy, the voice of the people (“vox populi”) is supposed to be the voice of God (“vox dei”). In the United States, leaders are supposed to rely on the consent of the governed. Yet, within the realm of foreign policy, the popular will is not being reflected in the views of elected leaders and experts.
The Town Crier: A turn in the North (part two) Original
As a Southerner who has gotten to travel a few times in the North, I have a few anecdotes about the land up yonder. Well, since they are personal stories and observations I guess I could call them case studies. I’ve never lived there so I don’t know what it’s like to spend even a year up there, but I have been here and there for everything from a day trip to a couple of months. It’s America, sure. They have all the fast-food places we have along Walnut Avenue, but they have their own places as well.
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