TMB: The Danger of Negotiating with Iran‏ Plus More

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The Danger of Negotiating with Iran
By Michael rubin
As a candidate for president, Barack Obama made diplomacy with rogue regimes a signature issue. “The notion that somehow not talking to countries is punishment to them…is ridiculous,” he declared in 2007. In both his inaugural address and his first television interview as president, he reached out to the Islamic Republic of Iran.

China Works to Block U.S. Missile Defense Deployment
By bill gertz
SEOUL – China is engaged in an international influence campaign to block South Korea from joining U.S.-led regional missile defenses, according to current and former U.S. officials.

Russian Jets Run ‘Attack Scenarios’ on NATO Ships
By adam kredo
Russian fighter jets have been using NATO ships in the Black Sea as target practice to run “attack scenarios,” a situation that NATO military officials say they are aware of and prepared to defend against if necessary.

U.S. Generals: Israeli Military Restraint Bolstered Hamas
By alana goodman
Israel’s military restraint during the conflict in Gaza last summer “unintentionally empowered Hamas” by allowing the terror group to distort international law and secure a public relations victory by exploiting the media, according a task force of retired U.S. generals.

Meet the Men Behind the Latest Gun Rights Lawsuit in DC
By stephen gutowski
A group of men denied concealed carry permits in Washington, DC, under the city’s new permitting process, which was adopted after Judge Frederick Scullin Jr. ruled in Palmer v. District of Columbia that its outright ban on gun carry was unconstitutional, have filed suit against the district.

‘I Don’t Believe You’
By jay cost
The first half of 1966 was a rough year for Bob Dylan. The previous spring he had released Bringing It All Back Home, a mix of rock ‘n’ roll and folk music that shocked the sensibilities of the folkies who worshipped him. He followed that up with Highway 61 Revisited in the summer of 1965, a straight-up rock record. Then in the winter of 1966, he went on a world tour: one part acoustic and folk, the other part electric and rock (backed by the group that would become known as The Band).


The Secret History of Monopoly
By michael t. hamilton
In her new book The Monopolists: Obsession, Fury, and the Scandal behind the World’s Favorite Board Game, the New York Times’ Mary Pilon awards overdue credit to the game’s overlooked inventors, influencers, and entrepreneurs, and sheds light on the unlikely, even utopian principles that guided them.