Frank Lavin is a business executive and former U.S. diplomat who served as Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade and U.S. Ambassador to Singapore. He contributed essays to The Weekly Standard on topics ranging from income inequality and political campaigns to Asian affairs and culture. His writing reflects his broad experience in government, diplomacy, and international business.
"There are three principles of conduct which the man of high rank should consider specially important: that in his deportment and manner he keep from violence and heedlessness; that in regulating his countenance he keep near to sincerity; and that in his words and tones he keep far from lowness and…
The terrorist attacks last week in Paris and the debate over the French government response brought back a simple discussion I had a few years ago regarding the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
The discussion over economic inequality in the United States seems to have captured the public imagination, at least on the political left. President Obama has called it “the defining challenge of our time,” and Secretary Clinton has deemed it “a cancer.” Given the shorthand manner in which…
I ATTENDED A PARTY once in Washington, and among the guests was a fellow sporting a small lapel pin in the shape of a saxophone. I had to laugh, if only to myself.