The outlines of something that might be called a strategy are beginning to emerge in Trump’s war. A discussion of strategy in this context should always be prefaced by a warning that Donald Trump doesn’t do strategy in the way the rest of us do....
Author: Cheryl Rofer
Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad inspects the Natanz nuclear plant in central Iran on March 8, 2007. The tall cylinders are centrifuges for enriching uranium. This photo appears in an.
He did it. Along with Bibi. And now we will have to live with it. He did it during negotiations for the third time. The second time was also with.
You may have seen the uproar about a possible Chinese nuclear test in 2020. It’s being publicized mainly because the Trump administration wants 1) to beat on China and 2) to have an excuse to start up nuclear testing again. Earlier this week, Christopher Yeaw,...
This is the week we lost Jesse Jackson. I loved hearing him speak. Here’s his speech at the 1988 Democratic Convention. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RCARIpVDLU None of our current politicians speak this way..
We are headed for a war with Iran, but nobody knows why. Or rather, it is possible that Donald Trump knows why, somewhere in his reptilian amygdala, but the distance.
Adam Bonin has some interesting nuggets from the latest Economist/ YouGov poll. https://bsky.app/profile/adambonin.bsky.social/post/3mf3vle5w7c2w https://bsky.app/profile/adambonin.bsky.social/post/3mf3vxi72tk2w Show me another poll where almost half the respondents have no opinion. People having opinions, often misguided, is the definition of polls. So yes, I think Bonin is right. It's hard...
Public domain, Department of Justice photo There hasn't been much found in the Epstein files about his Zorro Ranch in New Mexico. It's about 30 miles south of Santa Fe,.
J.M.W. Turner, The Deluge, 1805. Wikimedia I’ve wanted to understand a bit about AI before I wrote about it. My gut feeling was that this is something we don’t want.
Happy Valentine’s Day! It didn’t receive a lot of notice, but Donald Trump’s illegal use of the National Guard in cities was ended this week. The deployments encountered repeated legal setbacks that stymied President Donald Trump’s desire for a show of force in Los Angeles,...
Ezra Klein interviews Anand Giridharadas and covers all the things I've been thinking I want to put into a post (gift link). If I have time, I'll work through some.
When six Democratic members of Congress reminded military personnel of their obligation to refuse to obey unlawful orders, Donald Trump was furious. “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!” Mr. Trump wrote.