Covid-19 in the U.S.: How can we grasp the significance of “200,000 deaths”?
Within a a few days, the U.S. death toll for Covid-19 will pass 200,000. How can we get our minds around that? We were deeply…
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Democrats abandon the unemployed
Trump’s creeping coup d’état: Democrats must get ready to impeach again (Part I)
It was all for nothing: Trump and the coronavirus shut-down in the U.S.
Democrats’ silence gives “law and order” advantage to Trump–the most lawless president in U.S. history
In coronavirus pandemic, China defies international law in the South China Sea–Part I
Lethal incompetence: Masks
French President Emmanuel Macron puts France on war footing to fight corona virus; British study reports millions could die in U.S.
OUR VALUES
REPRISE (2019) — Veterans’ Day, 2011: “Where have all the flowers gone, long time passing?”
Originally published on November 11, 2011 My uncle died in a field in northern France with a German bullet in his head. To him, and…
Trump Steers Dangerous Course in Venezuela
Developing (uncorrected draft) Donald Trump has set the United States on a dangerous course in its policy toward Venezuela. The Trump administration seems to…
Keeping Track of Trump’s Foreign Policy: From the Kerch Strait to Russian sanctions, Khashoggi, Syria, and Afghanistan
U.S. foreign policy under the direction of a malevolent simpleton The great challenge facing observers and critics of U.S. foreign policy is to keep track…
U.S. attacks WTO judicial institutions
See Marie de Vergès, “Le gendarme OMC au bord de la paralysie,” Le Monde, le 29 septembre, 2018. Donald Trump’s attack on the rule of…
50 Years Ago: The Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, and its enduring significance
See “August 20, 1968 — “Dubček, Svoboda!” The Trenchant Observer, August 10, 2010. 50 years ago, the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact allies invaded…
Text of Crimea Declaration and Pompeo Testimony: U.S. finally states it will never recognize Russian annexation of Crimea
First Hints of Congressional Oversight Produce Significant Shift in U.S. Policy Towards Russia The Senate is to hold a series of hearings on different aspects…
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…
CIA nominee is presumptive war criminal; multiple reasons to reject Haspel nomination
Developing–preliminary draft We have grown tired under Donald Trump’s relentless assault on our democratic values and the rule of law. With no responsible officials at…
Americans Are Lost in the Weeds, and Google Doesn’t Help
Continuing Google Censorship Google continues to censor The Trenchant Observer, not displaying search results on hot topics such as the Christopher Steele Dossier. In fact,…
Republican smear campaign against FBI continues propaganda aimed at sowing confusion
Developing Joseph McCarthy set the pattern for smearing people and institutions during the McCarthy period in the 1950’s. He spread lies and innuendo accusing people…
International Law? U.S. maintains 2,000 troops in Syria without legal justification
See Gardiner Harris, “Tillerson Says U.S. Troops to Stay in Syria Beyond Battle With ISIS,” New York Times, January 17, 2018. “Donald Trump and international…