![PARIS — US President Joe Biden isn’t alone in being mugged by reality and by Senate Republicans insisting that he reduce options for asylum seekers as a condition of further fueling the conflict in Ukraine with more cash. When people are fleeing foreign countries, you’d better have a good plan for when they arrive on […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/marsden-immigration-20231219.jpg?w=127 "PARIS — US President Joe Biden isn’t alone in being mugged by reality and by Senate Republicans insisting that he reduce options for asylum seekers as a condition of further fueling the conflict in Ukraine with more cash. When people are fleeing foreign countries, you’d better have a good plan for when they arrive on […]")
Rachel Marsden: Western leaders are panicking after setting off a ticking time bomb
PARIS — US President Joe Biden isn’t alone in being mugged by reality and by Senate Republicans insisting that he reduce options for asylum seekers as a condition of further...
![VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Ukraine, Israel, and French daycares all have something in common. From international to domestic household affairs, our Western leaders’ propensity for nanny state hypercontrol over every situation is creating more problems than its resolving. Don’t like how Russia is behaving? Here come the Western Karens that run our countries, dragging Ukrainian […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/marsden-netanyahu-20231031.jpg?w=132 "VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Ukraine, Israel, and French daycares all have something in common. From international to domestic household affairs, our Western leaders’ propensity for nanny state hypercontrol over every situation is creating more problems than its resolving. Don’t like how Russia is behaving? Here come the Western Karens that run our countries, dragging Ukrainian […]")
![PARIS — In the latest chapter of its ongoing crusade against foreign influence, the U.S. Department of Justice has just unsealed an indictment against an Israeli-American director of a “global energy security” think-tank near Washington, leveling accusations of attempting to influence the Trump administration on behalf of Chinese, African, and Middle Eastern interests. His big […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/TNH-L-MARSDENCOLUMN-01.jpg?w=132 "PARIS — In the latest chapter of its ongoing crusade against foreign influence, the U.S. Department of Justice has just unsealed an indictment against an Israeli-American director of a “global energy security” think-tank near Washington, leveling accusations of attempting to influence the Trump administration on behalf of Chinese, African, and Middle Eastern interests. His big […]")
![PARIS — Fresh off the latest French riots, the country didn’t even have time to catch its breath before being bombarded with nanny state heat-wave alerts. I just sat in my air conditioned apartment, chillin’ like a villain — whose superpower is being impervious to air conditioning-related guilt trips. In addition to panic over pretty […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/marsden-air-conditioning-20230711.jpg?w=123 "PARIS — Fresh off the latest French riots, the country didn’t even have time to catch its breath before being bombarded with nanny state heat-wave alerts. I just sat in my air conditioned apartment, chillin’ like a villain — whose superpower is being impervious to air conditioning-related guilt trips. In addition to panic over pretty […]")
![PARIS — CIA Director William Burns hightailed it to Saudi Arabia last week, reportedly frustrated, according to the Wall Street Journal, that peace was on the verge of breaking out — the kind that could end the Global War on Terrorism in the Middle East, which has been the pretext for US military intervention for decades, […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/marsden-burns-20230411.jpg?w=132 "PARIS — CIA Director William Burns hightailed it to Saudi Arabia last week, reportedly frustrated, according to the Wall Street Journal, that peace was on the verge of breaking out — the kind that could end the Global War on Terrorism in the Middle East, which has been the pretext for US military intervention for decades, […]")
![PARIS — The devastating earthquakes that rocked Turkey and Syria also drew attention back to someone who had all but vanished from the Western press, despite previously dominating its headlines. Syrian President Bachar al-Assad was once the top target of neoconservative regime change. But now, no one seems to care that Assad is still in […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Syria_24755-1.jpg?w=132 "PARIS — The devastating earthquakes that rocked Turkey and Syria also drew attention back to someone who had all but vanished from the Western press, despite previously dominating its headlines. Syrian President Bachar al-Assad was once the top target of neoconservative regime change. But now, no one seems to care that Assad is still in […]")
![PARIS — U.S. officials have routinely called TikTok, the fastest growing online platform in the U.S., a national security threat. “The TikTok app is a malicious and menacing threat unleashed on unsuspecting Indiana consumers by a Chinese company that knows full well the harms it inflicts on users,” Indiana’s Attorney General Todd Rokita said in […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/eadf4279ecce3e6a022c95f04abc7185.jpg?w=132 "PARIS — U.S. officials have routinely called TikTok, the fastest growing online platform in the U.S., a national security threat. “The TikTok app is a malicious and menacing threat unleashed on unsuspecting Indiana consumers by a Chinese company that knows full well the harms it inflicts on users,” Indiana’s Attorney General Todd Rokita said in […]")
![VANCOUVER — One of the most puzzling aspects of American politics to foreigners living in western democracies is the two-party straitjacket that hinders renewal. Appearing on NBC’s “Meet the Press” last Sunday, Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) spoke of her interest in preventing former President Donald Trump from ever again running the country, and mentioned that Trump […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/goldberg-cheney-20221025.jpg?w=132 "VANCOUVER — One of the most puzzling aspects of American politics to foreigners living in western democracies is the two-party straitjacket that hinders renewal. Appearing on NBC’s “Meet the Press” last Sunday, Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) spoke of her interest in preventing former President Donald Trump from ever again running the country, and mentioned that Trump […]")