The Ukraine War, September 19, 2023: Lessons from the Ukraine War–On Freedom
When I read about or see on TV Republicans like House Leader Kevin McCarthy question further military aid for Ukraine, which is not in the…
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Ukraine War, May 8, 2022: In emotionally powerful symbolic move, First Lady Jill Biden meets with First Lady Olena Zelenska in Ukraine on Mother’s Day and VE Day; The moral responsibility of journalists for disclosures of sensitive military information (“Loose lips sink ships.”)
Gov. Cuomo–Democracy and rule of law, or cancel culture: We must choose
Trump’s coup d’état: A Framework of Inquiry
Facebook’s response to California’s new privacy law: A big middle finger
New York Times adds to apparatus of a totalitarian state
When and how did America lose her soul?
Keeping Track of Trump’s Foreign Policy: From the Kerch Strait to Russian sanctions, Khashoggi, Syria, and Afghanistan
Khashoggi Affair: Murder most foul!
The Putin-Trump threat takes a menacing turn–Michael McFaul and Bill Browder
Putin’s Unbelievable Audacity with Trump President Donald Trump will consider allowing Russian investigators to question U.S.-born investor Bill Browder, former U.S. ambassador to Russia Michael…
Two of top three candidates in French presidential primary are friendly to Russia
Developing Russia is reportedly intervening in the French presidential elections, right now. Two of the top three candidates in the April primary are friendly to…
The Trump Paradox: “Making America Great Again” without the values that have made America great
The great paradox of President Donald Trump is that he promises to the American people that he will “make America great again” but in practice appears to want to do so without honoring and defending the values that have made America great in the past.
With Obama having checked out, U.S. foreign policy is on auto pilot—“Do nothing”
As we have pointed out, President Barack Obama has effectively checked out of his responsibilities to vigilantly promote and defend the foreign policy interests of…
Erdogan’s accelerating auto coup d’etat in Turkey (updated September 17, 2016)
Updated September17, 2016. See TIM ARANGO, CEYLAN YEGINSU and SAFAK TIMURSEPT,”Turks See Purge as Witch Hunt of ‘Medieval’ Darkness,” New York Times, September 16, 2016….
July 4, 1776, and the expanding struggle for freedom, some 230 years on
The United States of America is an enduring democracy, born 230 years ago with the Declaration of Independence which we celebrate today. To understand the…
International Law and the Descent toward Barbarism: MSF —“Wars are being fought as in ‘barbarian times’
International Law constitutes the structure and the fabric which helps to hold international society back from a descent into barbarism. But, as is the case…
Thinking clearly about Putin and Syria
Barack Obama, John Kerry and other Western leaders should always bear in mind wiho Vladimir Putin is, and what he has done in the last…
U.S. presidential primaries: Donald Trump as incendiary wildcard, and Hillary Clinton as hyper-advised calculating robot
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton as dream candidates—for the other side Sometimes it seems that the Republicans and the Democrats have found the perfect candidate…
Rule of Law erodes in France as Parliament authorizes massive data collection with no judicial oversight or review
France takes a big step backwards in the struggle for the rule of law, as the Parliament passes a law authorizing massive data collection without…
The missing elements in the war against ISIS — Taking down their websites and engaging in robust public diplomacy
UPDATE June 23, 2015 Europe is setting up a special police unit to monitor jihadist sites and content, andd to remove it. See Richard Spencer,…