Aaron Arnold, The Bulletin
Already, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for the next US attorney general, Jeff Sessions (R-AL), has caused quite a stir over his domestic policy positions, not to mention his checkered past of making racially charged and divisive statements.
Michael Rubin, Amer. Enterprise Institute
Istanbul is reeling in the aftermath of a twin bombing on December 10 that killed more than three dozen and wounded more than 150. Nothing justifies such terrorism. Turkey's Prime Minister Binali Y?ld?r?m is correct when heà says, âÂÂAll terror groups are equally vile.âÂÂ
Dominic Green, Weekly Standard
Europe got there first.
Robert Zaretsky, LA Times
The Grub Street desperados' weapon of choice was theà libelle. A literary vehicle fueled by innuendo and lies, the libelle portrayed royal advisors and ministers not only as incompetent clowns, but also as sex-addled money-grabbers. Presenting rumor as truth, these scandal sheets mined the veinsà of anxiety and anger felt by a growing number of socially disaffected Parisians.
Nabeel Khoury, Cairo Review
Syrian rebels are unlikely to rebound from defeat anytime soon, while Iran and Russia stand to gain immensely.
Michael Burleigh, Literary Review
Recent years have witnessed many Western politicians flirting with authoritarianism. Think of Farage, Le Pen, Orbán, Sarkozy and president elect Trump and their admiration for Vladimir Putin. The same goes for many of the people who post comments underneath online newspaper articles whenever Russia or China acts...
Moscow Times
The Russian president called the attack âÂÂa provocationâ designed to derail the normalization of bilateral relations between Russia and Turkey, and disrupt the peace process in Syria.