Peter Certo
Peter Certo is the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) editorial manager.
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Views Wednesday, July 12, 2017 Trump’s Worst Collusion Isn’t With Russia — It’s With Corporations I’ve always been a little skeptical that there’d be a smoking gun about the Trump campaign’s alleged collusion with Russia. The latest news about Donald Trump, Jr., however, is tantalizingly close. The short version of the story, revealed by emails the New York Times obtained, is that the president... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, July 05, 2017 A Bipartisan Vote to Put the Brakes on War One of the few things I recall fondly about the Trump campaign — a short list, I’ll admit — was the candidate’s apparent glee in ridiculing the war-mongering of his rivals and predecessors. In early 2016, Trump (correctly) summed up George W. Bush’s legacy this way: “We’ve been in the Middle East... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, May 17, 2017 The Hidden Bombshell in the Comey-Trump Story How can you tell an authoritarian when you see one? We know the 20th century hallmarks — brown shirts, street rallies, and the like. But there’s an autocratic attitude, some historians suggest, that can easily be traced across the centuries. To put it simply, New York University professor Ruth Ben-... Read more |
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Views Sunday, March 05, 2017 The Worst Thing About Sessions? Everything We Already Knew. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is in hot water following revelations that he met twice with Russia’s U.S. ambassador when he was a surrogate for the Trump campaign — and then lied about it to Congress. Many of his critics are now calling for his resignation. The contents of Sessions’ talks with the... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, March 01, 2017 There Was Nothing Moderate About Trump’s Speech Donald Trump began his recent speech to Congress with a line seemingly designed to appease his critics. “As we mark the conclusion of our celebration of Black History Month,” he said, “we are reminded of our nation’s path toward civil rights and the work that still remains.” He went on to condemn “... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, December 14, 2016 Foreign Meddling in Our Vote? Remember How This Feels. Even in an election year as shot through with conspiracy theories as this one, it would have been hard to imagine a bigger bombshell than Russia intervening to help Donald Trump. But that’s exactly what the CIA believes happened, or so unnamed “officials brief on the matter” told the Washington... Read more |
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Views Saturday, October 01, 2016 Clinton’s Surprising Debate Stumble on Trade In her first debate with Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton delivered one of her more memorable one-liners when she quipped, “I think Donald just criticized me for preparing for this debate. You know what else I prepared for? I prepared to be president.” Debate rules be damned, Clinton’s supporters in... Read more |
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Views Thursday, August 04, 2016 Khizr Khan’s Son Sacrificed His Life for a War That Never Should’ve Happened It was impossible not to be moved as Khizr and Ghazala Khan, two Muslim immigrants from Pakistan, stood before the Democratic National Convention and mourned their son Humayan, a U.S. soldier who’d been killed in Iraq. Humayan, his grieving father recalled, was “the best of America.” Yet if it were... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, June 22, 2016 ISIS Must Love Trump As the sun set over New York on June 12, hundreds of Muslims gathered in Hudson River Park to break their Ramadan fast together. Iftar , the evening Ramadan meal, is often a joyous celebration of faith and family. But the mood that Sunday was solemn: That morning, news had broken of the ghastly... Read more |
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Views Thursday, February 11, 2016 A Real ‘Political Revolution’ Would End the War in Iraq These days, Bernie Sanders doesn’t say much about the Middle East. But if you’ve heard him say nothing else on the subject, he’s probably reminded you that he — unlike a certain former secretary of state — had the foresight to vote against the Iraq War when it came before Congress back in 2002. In... Read more |