Frank Kaufmann

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South Korea's tumult and what's at stake for America

3 weeks ago | washingtontimes.com | Frank Kaufmann

- OPINION: While much of the world’s attention remains fixed on the Middle East and the grinding conflict in Ukraine, the most consequential frontier for American foreign policy remains the Pacific. Nowhere is this clearer than in Northeast Asia, where the fate of American alliances with South Korea and Japan will determine whether the region remains free, prosperous and stable or slips into the orbit of an assertive, authoritarian China.
The Pacific at the precipice

3 weeks ago | washingtontimes.com | Frank Kaufmann

- OPINION: Despite miracles and hopeful developments in sacred places of the Near East, hopes for progress in the ancient Moscow-Kyiv disorder and diplomatic efforts to move Europe away from its oft-seen totalitarian impulses, the Pacific theater remains the most consequential frontier for American foreign policy. China’s ambitions are clear, and for this reason, securing relations in Northeast Asia — especially in South Korea and Japan — is a must.
Reflections On the George Floyd Riots Five Years Later

1 month ago | medium.com | Frank Kaufmann

First published on The Stream May 26, 2025. by Frank PerleyIn this era of immediacy, the pace of social change that once trickled now explodes in a torrent that devastates current cultural norms. The George Floyd riots exemplified this jarring phenomenon. At the five-year milestone of his death, the violent animus over race triggered by the tragic event and fostered by the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement is beginning to subside.
he Culture War| by David Eaton

1 month ago | medium.com | Frank Kaufmann

In the aftermath of the 2004 presidential election, Morris P. Fiorina of the Hoover Institute, published his book, Culture War? The Myth of a Polarized America, in which he contended that the idea of America being a “deeply divided” nation was a specious claim.
Keeping the peace with a ‘Golden Dome’

1 month ago | medium.com | Frank Kaufmann

by Frank Perley“No new wars” has been an oft-repeated slogan of President Donald Trump’s during his first term and the opening days of his return to the White House. Renouncing wars of aggression is a simple matter of choice. Were the U.S. to become the victim of aggression, though, the commander in chief might have no choice but to lead the nation into a defensive war.
From dealmaker to peacemaker

1 month ago | medium.com | Frank Kaufmann

Trump’s far-flung overtures hold the promise of global accordby Frank Perley“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God,” quoth Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew. The chaotic world of the 21st century has an urgent need for promoters of peace and, fortunately, one has emerged. Despite a career engaged in verbal fisticuffs in both the business and political arenas — not to mention answering an assassin’s bullets with shouts of “fight, fight, fight!” — Donald J.
The Truth Will Set You Free. The Truth Hurts. Which Is It?

1 month ago | medium.com | Frank Kaufmann

The biblical passage (John 8:32) about truth’s liberating power has gained new relevance amid Western culture wars. In 2016, the Oxford Dictionary named “post-truth” the word of the year. Postmodernists argue there are no objective truths, only interpretations, a view rooted in Nietzsche and Sartre. Sartre, influenced by Marxism, claimed no one can be judged except by their own moral choices, legitimizing personal morality.
The Truth Will Set You Free. The Truth Hurts. Which Is It?

1 month ago | frankkaufmann.substack.com | Frank Kaufmann

by David EatonThe biblical passage (John 8:32) about truth’s liberating power has gained new relevance amid Western culture wars. In 2016, the Oxford Dictionary named "post-truth" the word of the year. Postmodernists argue there are no objective truths, only interpretations, a view rooted in Nietzsche and Sartre. Sartre, influenced by Marxism, claimed no one can be judged except by their own moral choices, legitimizing personal morality.
Bafflement Over Borders

1 month ago | medium.com | Frank Kaufmann

We need common-sense respect for citizenship and nationhood to be restoredby Frank PerleyThis article was first published in The Stream.. Something there is that doesn’t love a wall. More than a hundred years ago, Robert Frost penned these words in his oft-quoted poem “Mending Wall” to express a subtle, simmering vexation with the practice of building barriers that keep people apart.
Bafflement Over Borders

1 month ago | frankkaufmann.substack.com | Frank Kaufmann

by Frank PerleyThis article was first published in The Stream. Something there is that doesn’t love a wall. More than a hundred years ago, Robert Frost penned these words in his oft-quoted poem “Mending Wall” to express a subtle, simmering vexation with the practice of building barriers that keep people apart.