News that Rex Tillerson would skip an upcoming NATO foreign ministers meeting and travel instead to Moscow is the kind of news that produces a…
According to anonymous sources, who insisted on not being identified out of fear of being ridiculed, the Observer has learned that the Army plans to…
Developing President Donald J. Trump gave his first speech to a joint session of Congress Tuesday night, February 28, 2017. He has also presented his…
The Washington Post reported on Thursday that U.S. sanctions against Russia, specifically the FSB, had been relaxed in order to allow the FSB, which has…
Draft It is worth musing about the potential significance of disparate events, particularly when considering the ominous direction in which President Donald Trump has taken…
Developing See Mchael D. Shear and James Glanz, “Trump Says the U.S. Should Expand Its Nuclear Capacity,” New York Times, December 22, 2016. Shear and…
Developing We owe an obligation to ourselves and to history to not meekly acquiesce in the what might be termed the normalization of outrage regarding…
Developing Russia has intervened directly in the 2016 presidential and congressional elections, in a manner according to U.S. intelligence sources aimed at throwing the election…
Developing PERSONAL TAKES Once in a while, The Observer reflects on his own personal involvement in world events. Today’s news triggered such a reflection. The…
Developing See Josh Rogin, “Putin and Assad could face justice for war crimes in Syria, Washington Post, October 9, 2016 (7:53 p.m. EDT). Julian Borger,…