“When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight,” Samuel Johnson observed, “it concentrates his mind wonderfully.” And the prospect of a future where Kim Jong Un can put a nuclear weapon on a U.S. city is going to cause this nation to reassess the risks and… CONTINUE
Democrats and Their Waters Problem
The Republican Party should be in big trouble. President Trump’s approval rating is somewhere in the 30s and the Republican-dominated Congress hasn’t passed any major legislation. So while it’s premature to look ahead to next year’s midterms, most analysts give Democrats a reasonable chance of retaking the House. The Senate,… CONTINUE
After the Coup, What Then?
That the Trump presidency is bedeviled is undeniable. As President Donald Trump flew off for August at his Jersey club, there came word that Special Counsel Robert Mueller III had impaneled a grand jury and subpoenas were going out to Trump family and campaign associates. The jurors will be drawn… CONTINUE
Is Trump’s Russia Policy Being Hijacked?
In crafting the platform in Cleveland on which Donald Trump would run, America Firsters inflicted a major defeat on the War Party. The platform committee rejected a plank to pull us deeper into Ukraine, by successfully opposing new U.S. arms transfers to Kiev. Improved relations with Russia were what candidate… CONTINUE
Trump to Russia: It’s Not You, It’s Us
“Our relationship with Russia is at an all-time & very dangerous low. You can thank Congress, the same people that can’t even give us HCare!” This Thursday-morning tweet didn’t come from an anonymous Twitter account with 15 followers. It didn’t come from some crotchety retiree with too much time on… CONTINUE