A denuclearization deal with North Korea is more within reach than anyone could have thought possible a very short time ago. Thanks to the tireless diplomatic work of Moon Jae In of South Korea and the unexpectedly adept diplomatic work of Kim Jong Un of North Korea,...
Honduras Is a Hellhole: Who’s Responsible?
As tens of thousands gather at our southern border, roiling US politics, the question arises: why are so many of the asylum-seekers and migrants crossing the border illegally from three Central American countries in particular: El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala? To...
Did Sen. Warner and Comey ‘Collude’ on Russia-gate?
An explosive report by investigative journalist John Solomon on the opinion page of Monday’s edition of The Hill sheds a bright light on how Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) and then-FBI Director James Comey collaborated to prevent WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange from...
Security Forces Held Hostage Among 22 Killed in Iraq
On Purpose, In Kabul
Writing this week for the Chicago Tribune, Steve Chapman called a U.S. Government report on the war in Afghanistan "a chronicle of futility." "The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction" report says the US spent large sums "in search...
Anti-ISIS Operation Launched; 15 Killed in Iraq
Three Cheers for Trump’s Peace Trifecta
In the short space of five days, June 8-12, President Trump took three steps that upended the old post WWII global order and moved us a few steps toward a more peaceful world. Two of those steps are undeniable; the third is perhaps not so obvious. The Singapore...
Washington, D.C. – The Epicenter of Crazy
A study shows that the greatest concentration of psychopaths is in Washington, DC. This is a contest in which it isn’t even close, as Politico informs us. But then again, you knew that, right? Ryan Murphy, an economist at Southern Methodist University, “matched up the...
Four Presidents Conspired To Give $100 Billion to Israel
The New Yorker staff writer Adam Entous revealed on June 18 that four sitting U.S. presidents beginning with Bill Clinton signed secret letters agreeing never to publicly discuss Israel’s undeclared nuclear arsenal. According to Entous, President Trump’s aides felt...


