Jackson Diehl

The Archive

There must be a price for taking US hostages

In the Christmas season, it’s worth sparing a thought for a shamefully neglected group of Americans — those unjustly locked up in foreign prisons on political grounds. There are at...

Political prisoner freed thanks to Trump is hoping he'll save others

Aya Hijazi learned three years ago that being an American citizen can get you thrown in jail on trumped-up charges in Egypt — a country that claims to be a...

Forget 'ending the wars' -- let's win them instead

‘The tide of war is receding,” President Obama tirelessly insisted four years ago as he campaigned for re-election. Even then, the slogan seemed untethered from reality. Not only was fighting...