You would think pragmatism needed no defenders. Tony Blair went to the country in 1997 declaring that New Labour was not a party of "outdated ideology. What counts is what works". Deng Xiaoping, the ...

By John Hood North Carolina is one of America’s most contested electoral battlegrounds. It has been for generations. It is also home to one of the most successful state Democratic […] ...

The whole idea of pragmatism was named and framed in America. It's the idea that ideas, beliefs, and philosophies should be judged by their results. If it works – really works - it’s good. But this is ...

Chris Hayes offers up a must-read analysis of the Obama apparatchiks, the media stenographers, and acolytes of perceived wisdom who claim pragmatism has won out over ideology: ...through a kind of ...

Former President George H.W. Bush is famous for many things, including (in no particular order) his pedigree,diplomacy, and a well-established aversion to broccoli. But he’s also remembered – and ...

One commentator said of Joe Louis' fist in Detroit: "Here is a city ruled by brawn." It's that manual worker mentality that's limiting much of the Rust Belt. When my consultant friend Dwight Gibson ...

Why does Pakistan lack strategic pragmatism? And how can the country deal with the serious domestic and foreign policy challenges coming up in 2025? If there is an absence of a culture of seeking ...

Premier Giorgia Meloni said Wednesday that Italy's pragmatism had prevailed after the European Commission softened its ban on ...

If I were to sum up my view of the United Nations and its work today, it would be a spirit of principled pragmatism. By virtue of its charter and its calling, the UN must be a voice of moral ...