Trump’s March 19th press conference with the Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was priceless. A Japanese reporter questioned Trump as to why European nations and Japan weren’t forewarned about our plans to attack Iran. Trump smiled and responded with the observation that no one knows better about surprise than Japan, an obvious reference to the […]
On Wednesday mornings I participate in a discussion group. There are six or seven of us, and we communicate on-line rather than in person. During our most recent session I was asked for my evaluation of the Iranian situation. I said that I remained cautiously optimistic. Here I give a more complete explanation of my […]
I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop in Iran. That will be when the Iranian people rise up and overthrow the brutal regime that has held them captive for the last 47 years. I do not know that it will actually happen. I can only hope it does. The popular demonstrations that took […]
The Democratic Party and their allies in the mainstream media appear to have taken the high ground in the battle over immigration. Their marked success in this area has given them a powerful tool that they hope to exploit in the 2026 midterm elections. In the meantime, the Republicans are relying on anticipated explosive economic […]
ICE is getting a bad press. Perhaps they deserve it, but I’m not so sure. Certainly they need a better public relations team. I question ICE tactics in Minneapolis. But much of the problem springs from an uncooperative attitude on the part of local leaders. I hope that things will change now that Holman has […]
Why does Trump arouse such an intense degree of hatred among his political opponents? In prior years, though I may have disagreed with their politics, I considered most of these present-day Trump haters to be honorable persons. There were exceptions, of course. A few of them were nothing more than corrupt politicians who deceived their […]
Last week I watched Miranda Devine’s interview of Robert Costello concerning his service as Rudy Guliani’s lawyer. From this interview plus recent testimonies before Congressional committees, I drew the following conclusions. By March 2020 FBI officials were fully cognizant of material in the Hunter Biden laptop that would have been absolutely devastating to the Biden […]
The Trump administration certainly knows how to keep us on edge. They are trying to manage a large number of bouncing balls. Is Trump a master juggler? Time will tell. The Venezuelan situation remains unresolved. The dictator is gone, but his coercive infrastructure remains. Can we put sufficient pressure on the remnants of the Maduro […]
Trump’s Venezuelan strategem was bold, brilliant and incredibly risky. The comparisons with Iraq are inevitable. In both instances the United States was dealing with a ruthless dictator who posed a serious threat to us and to international stability. In the first case we formed an international coalition and invaded Iraq. The defeat and deposition of […]
In his public postings and comments President Trump sometimes exhibits a lack of magnanimity or high mindedness. He tends to kick a political opponent when he down — or even dead. This embarasses many of his followers, especially those who call themselves Christians. On December 15, Trump wrote on Truth Social: “A very sad thing […]
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