Mordechai Sones

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A 16-Year-Old ‘Top Graduate’ in D.C.’s ‘Toughest School in Politics’

This letter, written when I was 16, calls me "one of our top graduates" from what was known as the

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How a 16-Year-Old Senate Staffer Met Ambassador Claire Boothe Luce

This is me with the legendary Ambassador, author, and stateswoman Claire Boothe Luce. How does a 16-year-old Senate staffer, not

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Lethal Consequences: The ‘Policy by Default’ That Defined Their War

In my research for Normal Channels: Blocked or Compromised, I uncovered the full 1985 comments from Dr. Edward Luttwak that

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‘Don’t Blame the CIA’: The Human Cost of U.S. Policy in Afghanistan

In 1975, U.S. Ambassador Shirley Temple Black perfectly diagnosed the core of American foreign policy. The Soviets, she explained, play

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Idealism vs. Pragmatism: A 14-Year-Old’s Political Education

My entry into the world of politics began not with an event, but with a question to my father at

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Bureaucrat vs. Activist: The Subversion of U.S. Afghan Policy

What happens when the stated policy of the U.S. government—set by Congress and the President—is vetoed by a single, unelected

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‘It Sure Seems Contrived to Me’: The Bizarre Family Story That Forged a Book’s Theme

The central theme of my new book, Normal Channels: Blocked or Compromised, is not a theory I invented, but an

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The Lech Lecha Mandate: Avraham, the Establishment Institution, and the Garbage Pile

There is a powerful modern parable which reveals a story that feels both urgent and ancient. It tells of a

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‘One Minute Per Month’: How a Teenage Staffer Exposed the CIA

Days ago, I published the prologue to my new book, Normal Channels: Blocked or Compromised. It recounted the story of

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A Holding Facility in Plain Sight? Why Did the U.S. Fund a Massive Base on Judea and Samaria’s Edge?

Just east of the sprawling haredi city of Elad, hugging the faint trace of the 1949 Armistice Line – the