Norman Birnbaum

Norman Birnbaum is university professor emeritus at Georgetown University Law Center. He is active in the US Democratic party and has close ties to western Europe.

Irving Kristol: Recollections

It is puzzling that obituary notices of Irving Kristol obviously intended to be positive designate him the "Godfather" of neo-conservatism. Likening this group of thinkers and writers to

By Norman Birnbaum

/ 7 Oct 2009

Israel on the Potomac: power under pressure

The discussion of Jews in United States politics and society, too often attended by polemical and polarising rhetoric on all sides, can only benefit from calm inquiry with a strong,

By Norman Birnbaum

/ 25 Jan 2007

One week after the storm

A week after the mid-term congressional and senatorial elections in the United States, a considerable party in the media and the political class is intent on minimising, even distorting, the

By Norman Birnbaum

/ 15 Nov 2006

Election and empire

As president Lyndon B Johnson struggled with the colossal illusion and gigantic defeat that was the American engagement in Vietnam, he consulted with the group termed "the wise men&

By Norman Birnbaum

/ 16 Oct 2006

Remember Solidarity! Polands journey to democracy

Twenty-five years ago, the workers of the shipyards at Gdansk, Poland, went on strike. A few years earlier, in the same city, the police of the Communist regime had murdered

By Norman Birnbaum

/ 25 Aug 2005

Norman Birnbaum

Irving Kristol: Recollections

Israel on the Potomac: power under pressure

One week after the storm

Election and empire

Remember Solidarity! Poland&#146;s journey to democracy

Remember Solidarity! Polands journey to democracy