DRAFT For background, see, “Did China manipulate the coronavirus to make it more dangerous?” The Trenchant Observer, June 4, 2020. The available evidence increasingly points…
Developing — Check back for updates Donald Trump is continuing with his attempted coup. A number of Republican Senators have now signed on to efforts…
You cannot make plans for additions to your house while there is a bulldozer outside, with its engines revving, actively engaged in tearing down your…
A coalition of states led by Saudi Arabia including the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrein, and Egypt (as well as Libya, and the Maldives) continues…
Hace tiempo que el Observador Incisivo piensa con relación a Donald Trump en el cuento de Hans Christian Andersen, “El emperador está desnudo.” Felizmente, Diego…
The ability of Google and other search engines to index a blog article or web page gives them powers equivalent to those of a totalitarian…
Google would not index this article in a timely manner under its original title, “The catastrophic international response to the looming Ebola pandemic,” The Trenchant…
October 20, 2014 Since the article below was written, Russia continued its invasion of the eastern Ukraine sending in Russian troops, tanks, artillery and other…
In what may be a turning point in efforts to defend the country’s territorial integrity and repel Russia’s aggression and military intervention in the eastern…
Developing For background, see The Trenchant Observer, “The virus of nationalism and military aggression: Adolf Hitler in Vienna, March, 1938; Vladimir Putin in Sevastopol, May…
The virus of unbounded nationalism and military aggression ravaged Europe, Germany and the world in the 1930’s and 1940’s, leading to World War II and…
The EU and the U.S. are on the verge of deciding, once again, whether they will actually carry out their last round of threats. They…
The question of the hour: Should a little Russian aggression and annexation of the Crimea keep the West from getting back to “business as usual”…
The EU has imposed a real sanction on Russia which prohibits the importation to the EU or by any EU national or company of goods…
It has taken a day of reflection to fully grasp America’s perfidious betrayal of Europe in hastily agreeing to bilateral talks on Sunday with Russia,…
Washington’s difidence in responding to the Ukraine’s request for military equipment, out of fear of provoking Russia to engage in further military aggression in the…
President Obama has now gone out of his way twice to assert that the U.S. and by implication NATO would not use military force in…
Developing Commentary Russia is not likely to disgorge the Crimea, annexed following Russian aggression and military seizure during the last month, any time soon. So,…
The Crimea is going ahead with its referendum, on Sunday, on whether it wants to be annexed by Russia. The Russian parliament or Duma is…
The U.S. welcomes Germany’s leadership on in the Ukrainian crisis, the leading German news magazine Der Spiegel reported today. See Sebastian Fischer (Washington), “Ukraine: USA…
