Clifford D. May
Columns by Clifford D. May
The art of lying about Israel
For centuries, Jews have been the targets of lies. I'll mention just three. Published September 9, 2025
How Biden’s failed clean energy revolution weakened America’s national security
"A clean energy revolution is helping to save this planet." Thus spoke President Obama in 2015. Published September 2, 2025
The long U.N. war against Israel
As a foreign correspondent roving around Africa years ago, I often met United Nations personnel. Published August 26, 2025
Alaska summit revealed Putin’s neo-Soviet goals
Friday's summit meeting in Alaska was short on substance but long on symbolism. Published August 19, 2025
European leaders siding with Hamas make Gaza ceasefire harder for Trump
At a United Nations Security Council meeting on Sunday, U.S. Amb. Dorothy Shea offered an observation about the Gaza conflict: "This war could end today if Hamas would let the hostages go." Published August 12, 2025
Vladimir the Terrible: Trump must make Putin recalculate the costs, benefits of war
President Trump now sees Vladimir Putin through clearer eyes. I suspect first lady Melania Trump deserves much of the credit. Published August 5, 2025
Syria’s endangered minorities deserve protection
The Arab Spring was the media's name for a wave of protests -- some peaceful, some violent -- against various Middle Eastern dictatorships from 2010 to 2012. Published July 29, 2025
History shows tyrants in Iran, Russia and China only respond to decisive force, not empty talks
"You don't make peace with friends. You make it with very unsavory enemies." That aphorism, attributed to former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, has always struck me as more hopeful than convincing. Published July 15, 2025
Law and disorder: Interpol does the bidding of bad guys
Interpol is such a cool idea: Cosmopolitan cops chasing criminals around the world. The reality, I'm sorry to tell you, is rather different. Published July 8, 2025
America wins, media spins: Why liberal news outlets hate Trump’s success against Iran
President Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth were hopping mad last week over attempts to minimize what they had achieved against the nuclear weapons facilities in Iran Published July 1, 2025
No more appeasement: Trump took out Iran’s nuclear crown jewel while others only talked
The uranium enrichment plant at Fordow was known as the jewel in the crown of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader. Published June 24, 2025
Roots of the Middle East conflict trace back centuries
In 1979, I spent several months in Iran covering what was then called the Iranian Revolution. Published June 17, 2025
What a Stalin statue in a subway station should tell Trump about Putin
A statue of Josef Stalin was recently unveiled in Moscow's Taganskaya subway station. Published June 10, 2025
A secular jihadi brings the intifada to Washington
Not so long ago, homicidal antisemitism in America was widely regarded as peculiar to neo-Nazis, White supremacists and other far-right extremists. Published May 27, 2025
What Qatar wants, Qatar gets
Lots of people have been duped by the Qataris. I was one of them. Published May 20, 2025
Trump halts the Indo-Pakistani conflict
President Trump has long been eager to stop armed conflicts. He succeeded last week, but with two asterisks. Published May 13, 2025
The Iran nuclear deal Trump wants
A fourth round of talks between Tehran's envoys and Steve Witkoff, President Trump's lead negotiator, did not occur in Rome over the weekend as expected. Published May 6, 2025
Putin only understands strength: Time for Trump to show it
A year ago, amid indications that Iran's rulers were preparing to launch a direct attack on Israel, President Biden publicly warned them: "Don't!" Published April 29, 2025
Truth matters: Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attacks now documented for history
The atrocities committed by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, were recorded by the terrorists themselves on their hip GoPro cameras, their mobile phones and even the phones of their victims. Published April 22, 2025
A ‘Reverse Kissinger’ would be a fool’s errand for Trump
You probably know what a reverse mortgage is because you've seen Tom Selleck selling them on television commercials, and you may recall what a reverse half-nelson is from high school gym class. Published April 15, 2025
