McKinley, who was inaugurated in 1897, presided over the negotiations that created the Panama Canal. He loved tariffs, both ...

In the context of Tariq Ali’s Churchill book I have three main take-home points. First, imperialism is as alive, aggressive and cruel today as it was back in (and before) Churchill’s time.

It’s no accident that the age of empires, and of imperialism, is over. Vladimir Putin is being taught that lesson in Ukraine after failing to have learned it in Chechnya. If his ideological ...