Sometimes the worst gaffes President Biden makes are not the ones in which he forgets the truth, but the ones in which he forgets not to tell the truth, or worse, when he forgets not to tell that he is not going to tell the truth. That’s what Biden did on November 4....
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author's permission. Terminology is so important. There was a time when America spoke honestly of a Department of War. But not everyone is keen on war, even Americans, so in 1947 the national (in)security state slyly changed its...
On December 27, 2022, both Russia and Ukraine issued calls for ending the war in Ukraine, but only on non-negotiable terms that they each know the other side will reject. Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Kuleba proposed a "peace summit" in February to be chaired...
After the Berlin Wall fell in November 1989 and the death of the Soviet Union was confirmed two years later as Boris Yeltsin courageously stood down the Red Army tanks in front of Moscow’s White House, a dark era in human history came to an abrupt end. The world had...
Faced with criticism on whether the United States should trumpet its "unbreakable bond" with an incoming Israeli government headed by fascist parties, lawbreakers and homophobes, the Biden administration has squirmed. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken observed...
Those hoping for a Christmastime government shutdown were once again disappointed when Congress passed a 4,000-page, $1.7 trillion omnibus appropriations bill that few, if any, Representatives and Senators read before voting on. The Republican leadership celebrated...
On December 21, President Volodymyr Zelensky went to Washington to meet with President Biden and to address the Congress. The meeting comes at a time when pressure for negotiations and for a diplomatic settlement are intensifying. Both France and Germany have...
Five statements made over a period of a few days by high level government officials received very little media attention. When combined, though, they produce a pattern that could make headlines. On December 1, French President Emmanuel Macron held talks with President...
