Mark Tooley

Mark Tooley is IRD’s president and editor of IRD’s foreign policy and national security journal, Providence. Prior to joining the IRD in 1994, Mark worked eight years for the Central Intelligence Agency. He is a graduate of Georgetown University and is a native of Arlington, Virginia. He is the author of Taking Back The United Methodist Church, published in 2008; Methodism and Politics in the 20th Century, published in 2012; and The Peace That Almost Was: The Forgotten Story of the 1861 Washington Peace Conference and the Final Attempt to Avert the Civil War, published in 2015.

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“Golda,” Nixon & Russia

Perhaps Meir, who supposedly believed Russia never changes, would also note that Russia never learns.

Oppenheimer, Nukes & Communists

Very smart people, no less than regular people, can become wickedly insane in their political judgments.

God & Freedom Conservatism

We know liberty’s Author without specific citation. 

John Locke, Shaftesbury & Drag Queens

Sometimes Pharaoh’s Egypt, however cruel, seems safer than any promised land.

July 4, Royalism & Human Nature

Tyrants and despotisms always beckon. But the “blessings and security of self-government” offer greater happiness.

Divine Judgment & Russia

May the Lord withhold His judgment and save Russia from itself.

What is National Gratitude?

National gratitude is a virtue but only if wisely calculated and directed, based at least partly on intent. 

Christian Dictatorship Chic?

Contemporary America is superior to a single day under Franco, communist East Germany, or any dictator.   

Deep State Theology

Claims about a dark “deep state” 50 years ago or now distract from addressing an always more challenging reality.

Gambling Against America

America is a Judaic nation whose principles trace to the Hebrews scriptures.