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The Week That Was Oct. 26, 2024
It was a week that would doom most candidates for high office. It began with Donald Trump going on a... Read More
Trashing Trump in Prime Time Jun. 17, 2020
On June 15, former national security adviser John Bolton sat down for an interview with ABC's Martha... Read More
More Than One Mad Dog in Washington Jun. 11, 2020
Washington — One of the most alarming aspects of the present fevers is the utterance of total ... Read More
7 Days in June: War and Peace Jun. 10, 2020
WASHINGTON — In June light, the American president waged war against the people. In a mass mob... Read More
Titanic: Ship of Fools Springs a Leak Jun. 09, 2020
It wasn't the best of weeks for President Donald Trump. On Friday, he proclaimed it a "great day" fo... Read More
Are Democrats Smart Enough to Take Yes for an Answer? Jun. 06, 2020
Here's the fail-safe test for whether a political party is growing and strengthening or shrinking in... Read More
Liberal Mush from the Mad Dog Jun. 05, 2020
In his statement to The Atlantic magazine, former Defense Secretary General James Mattis says of the... Read More
A Timely Warning From the Generals Jun. 04, 2020
Under ordinary circumstances, open dissent from high-ranking military officials, retired and active,... Read More
Astoundingly, the Republican Attack Machine Targets the Military Nov. 28, 2019
The focus here isn't President Donald Trump. He is a creature unto himself. Rather, this is about hi... Read More
Trump Ended the Taliban Peace Talks, but Not the War in Afghanistan Sep. 15, 2019
The Taliban will not be guests at Camp David. The peace talks with them are history, and the Afghan ... Read More
Trump vs. the Spy Chiefs: Who's Right? Feb. 01, 2019
To manifest his opposition to President Donald Trump's decision to pull all 2,000 U.S. troops out of... Read More
Looking Forward in Anger Dec. 28, 2018
'Tis the season to be angry. The president is angry at the Democrats for not allocating enough money... Read More
As in Kipling's Day, Military Deployments Needed to Prevent Unknowable Threats Dec. 28, 2018
The numbers are small, the terrain unfamiliar, the cast of characters chaotic and the clash of inter... Read More
What This Current Crisis Tells Us About 2020 Voters Dec. 22, 2018
In these Washington hours of genuine bipartisan panic after the principled resignation of the nation... Read More
Trump's Delusional ISIS Policy Dec. 21, 2018
Donald Trump has vanquished the Islamic State group, and it is time for American troops to come home... Read More
Why Would Anyone Join the Trump Administration Now? Nov. 15, 2018
The Trump administration resembles a blender with the lid off: frequent moments of noisy, furious ch... Read More
Trump Wages War Wherever and Whenever He Wants Apr. 18, 2018
The day before Donald Trump ordered a missile attack on three sites tied to chemical weapons product... Read More
Why Trump Shouldn't Attack Syria Apr. 15, 2018
When it comes to foreign affairs, the American public has two clear and powerful inclinations. The f... Read More
Trump's Empty Bluster and Bombing Apr. 20, 2017
When terrorism raises its head, governments often take steps that are supposed to make us safer R... Read More
Our View: Europeans Should Pay Their Fair Share Feb. 28, 2017
For years, U.S. presidents have complained that the members of NATO refuse to kick in as much as Ame... Read More
