Nuclear arms control resumes with five-year extension of the START Treaty
Most people in the United States do not follow, in any serious manner, arms control and efforts at nuclear on-proliferation. The one exception has been…
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Police and public order response to rioters at the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
Seditionist Senators and Congressmen plan to violate “safe harbor” provision of Electoral Count Act of 1887
Where can Trump go to escape the law? The Bahamas?
Aaron Van Langevelde, an American hero in Michigan, and the inside rot of the anti-democratic (Republican) party
Trump’s criminal conspiracy to overthrow the Presidential election results
Turkey appears behind Azerbaijan move to retake Nagorno-Karabakh
Trump’s fascist government response to Congressional review of fascist police actions in Portland
Democrats abandon the unemployed
Why aren’t House Democrats preparing articles of impeachment for Trump?
See, Erwin Chemerinsky, “Trump just made another huge and illegal power grab; Be very alarmed, Los Angeles Times, August 10, 2020 (9:55 AM). Since his…
The Guardian on the reality of Covid-19: Beyond blind optimism
What if we don’t come up with an effective vacine for the new coronavirus? How long is it likely to take, even if we do,…
Le Monde, France’s leading newspaper, denounces Trump Administration’s assault on the Rule of Law
lThe leading French newspaper Le Monde has published an Editorial which underlines the degree the Trump Administration has trashed the reputation of the United States…
New profiles in courage: Votes to convict Donald Trump in the impeachment trial
See Dana Milbank, “Mitt Romney’s act of bravery changed nothing and changed everything,” Washington Post, February 5, 2020 (4:53 p.m.). Amber Phillips, “‘The president is…
Putin plans to enshrine rejection of international law in Russian constitution
Vladimir Putin is proposing constitutional reforms which would enshrine rejection of international law in the Russian constitution. By adopting these reforms, Russia could reject judgments…
Trump and House Articles of Impeachment: The Rule of Law in Retreat
Reprinted, with permission, from Lawyers for Humanity, December 14, 2019. With the adoption by the U.S. House Judiciary Committee of two narrowly-focused articles of impeachment,…
Trump tells Zelensky to get together with Putin and work out their problem
The Impeachment Inquiry as a tool for educating the American people and electorate
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced on September 24, 2019 that the House would proceed with an impeachment investigation, using the six committees currently investigating Donald…
News Reports: CIA concludes Saudi Crown Prince ordered Kashoggi assassination
According to the Washington Post and other news outlets, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency has concluded, on the basis of all the evidence available to…
Cri du Coeur: Trump the Wrecking Ball and how friends can help
OUR VALUES: Truth Integrity Decency Character Facts Science Law Freedom Developing Sometimes it feels like all the stars have gone out of the sky. Our…
Lost in the weeds, Trump critics fail to counter Trump propaganda
Trump’s critics do not understand how propaganda works, and how they must counter it. Following the unfolding drama of revelations about Trump’s crimes and those…