Month: February 2017

I’ll be honest. I don’t know quite what to make of the bizarre story that’s bubbling about Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Labor, Andrew Puzder, and his ex-wife Lisa Fierstein. Washington Monthly...

Just entertain the idea of a double safety or security for White House decisions on behalf of our national interests: two competing NSCs. Obama liked the idea of a debate between opposition groups before he made a decision, or...

Booman wrote a fine, well-reasoned post today, Team Trump at the Turn of the Year. It is a mainstream, centrist Dem look at the state of the disunion as of mid-February, 20017. Here is my own non-partisan/anti-partisan view of...

[Update below the fold] A recent frank discussion – A Real Look at Trump’s War on NATO   front page by BooMan on Feb. 18, 2017   Just Call on US (Credit: Uncle Sam) NOMINATIONS BEFORE THE SENATE ARMED...

On December 29th, 2016, President Obama made a statement on what he planned to do “in response to Russian malicious cyber-activity and harassment.” You can scroll through the press release below to see what he had in...