Freedom, Security, and Insurrection
The aftermath of the January 6 Capitol riots runs into the First Amendment,
The aftermath of the January 6 Capitol riots runs into the First Amendment,
The live coverage of Wednesday’s assault on American democracy underplayed its seriousness.
The 46th President’s foreign policy team is taking shape.
The Russians are at it again, with the cooperation of the Trump administration and its enablers.
The Natanz fuel enrichment site has been seriously damaged.
The President didn’t want to hear about bad behavior from Moscow, so he wasn’t told.
The former NSC staffer who testified against Trump is at a career crossroads.
How to translate understandable frustration at injustice into tangible reform?
If a global pandemic and economic crisis weren’t enough excitement . . . .
One side is arguing over rules while the other is focused on consequences.
The chief diplomat of the United States isn’t very diplomatic (nor informative).
Claims by the President and Defense Department about the Iranian response to the Soleimani raid were untrue.
President Trump is making ridiculous threats against the regime in Iraq that are likely to draw it closer to Iran.
President Trump’s threat to attack Iranian cultural sites would most likely constitute a war crime if he actually carried it out.
In response to the American assassination of a top General, Iran has announced the end of yet more restrictions imposed by the 2015 nuclear deal.
The assassination of a top Iranian official on a visit to Baghdad is having the expected negative impact on our relationship with Iraq and the fight against ISIS.
Despite Pompeo’s assurances, we are already seeing consequences for the Suleimani killing.
An American drone strike has taken out the head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, a move likely to significantly increase tensions across the Middle East.
Amid protests over American airstrikes, the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad has become a target.
The DPRK is promising a “gift” to the United States. The only question seems to be what form it will take.
Having failed to form governments after two successive elections, Israel is headed for a third election inside of a year.
Paul Volcker, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board who put an end to the rampant inflation that threatened to choke the American economy, has died at 92.
WIth North Korea’s end of the year deadline for progress on talks quickly approaching, it is clear that the Trump Administration’s policies with regard to the DPRK have failed.
Donald Trump’s pardons of soldiers convicted of war crimes sends the wrong message to the military, to our allies, and to the world.
The Secretary of the Navy was abruptly dismissed late yesterday in a dispute over the a case involving a SEAL accused of war crimes.
Republicans used to honor the men and women who serve our country. In the Trump Era, they attack them in defense of the President.
After a long day of hearings, the case against the President is becoming clearer and Republican defenses becoming more absurd.
Against the advice of his top military advisers, President Trump has cleared three American soldiers of war crimes, sending a horrible signal to the world and to the troops in the field.
History shows us that candidates who enter the race for President late rarely do well, and rarely manage to win.
Suicide has become a bigger threat to members of the military and veterans than combat. That needs to change.
Defying the Commander-in-Chief’s order will almost certainly ruin a good man’s career.