Clifford D. May

Clifford D. May is president of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and a columnist for The Washington Times. He can be reached at cliff@fdd.org.

Columns by Clifford D. May

CLIFFORD D. MAY: Building a shining Palestinian city on a hill

Trust me on this: Reconciliation between Palestinians and Israelis will not be achieved anytime soon, no matter what the professional peace processors say or do. Here in Rawabi, though, modest progress toward that goal is at least possible to imagine.

November 4, 2014

CLIFFORD D. MAY: Israel and the war of words

Last week, a terrorist drove his car into a crowd at a light-rail station, killing a three-month-old baby. Eight others were injured, including a 22-year-old woman who died a few days later.

October 28, 2014

CLIFFORD D. MAY: ‘Homeland’ under attack

Are the cast, crew and fans of "Homeland" — Showtime's television series about a brilliant but neurotic CIA agent — Islamophobes?

October 21, 2014

CLIFFORD D. MAY: The demise of ‘responsibility to protect’ at the U.N.

Remember R2P? Not to be confused with R2-D2 (a robotic character in the "Star Wars" movies).

October 14, 2014

MAY: The truth about diversity

In theory, we Americans are great proponents of diversity.

October 7, 2014

MAY: Iran taking advantage of the focus on ISIS

In his address to the United Nations General Assembly last week, President Obama called the conflict in the Middle East "a fight no one is winning."

September 30, 2014

MAY: Why Scotland decided to keep the United Kingdom united

I imagine James Bond is relieved. After all, one can't very well be "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" if one is no longer Her Britannic Majesty's subject — which one would not be had a majority of Scots voted for independence, thereby severing the knot Scotland and England tied 307 years ago.

September 23, 2014