Before President Donald Trump can begin working to find rapprochement with Russia President Vladimir Putin, GOP Senators like John McCain and Lindsey Graham seem to be dead set on sabotaging the effort. Without help from his own party, Pat Buchan writes, President Trump may see any sign of a deal with Russia fading fast. Pat […]
Archives for February 2017
Is a Trump/Putin Partnership Over before it Started?
Paul: ‘McCain’s the Guy Who’s Advocated for War Everywhere’
After some sharp criticism from Senator John McCain toward President Donald Trump about the president’s handling of the press, Senator Rand Paul came out hard against McCain saying, “Everything that he says about the president is colored by his own personal dispute he’s got running with President Trump, and it should be taken with a […]
RIP Larry Coryell
Famed jazz guitarist Larry Coryell passed away at age 73 has passed away. Billboard writes of the innovative musician: Legendary guitarist Larry Coryell died Sunday (Feb. 19) at the age of 73 in his New York City hotel room, according to a statement sent to Billboard from jazz publicist Jim Eigo. Coryell, who passed away […]
The President– a Unique Threat to Democracy?
“As president, he cut a grandiose figure. He was a braggart and a frequent liar. He was suspicious of other countries, frequently saying, ‘Foreigners are not like the folks I am used to.’ He had a reckless disregard for limits. He belittled and browbeat others to intimidate them and give him what he wanted. Historian […]
Trump’s Great White Wall: Part IV
The relationship J.D. Vance has with his grandmother, Mamaw, may be the most important one of all as we learn in his memoir, Hillbilly Elegy. Mamaw basically raised J.D. Mamaw was tough. She carried a gun and had a tongue that could whip you into shape. She wasn’t easy. She was hard. And you get […]
Bracevich is Sick and Tired of War Party Neglecting its Duty
At The American Conservative, Andrew Bracevich excoriates hawkish Senate Republicans who continue to avoid their oversight responsibilities of the war in Afghanistan. He cuts through the curtain of theatrics that surrounds typical hearings on the war and demands that Senators do better. He writes: Nominally, the Senate Armed Services Committee, along with its counterpart in […]
Happy Presidents Day!
Flynn’s Exit Looks Like a Dodged Bullet for Peace in the World
Ben Friedman, a research fellow in defense and homeland security studies at America’s best think tank, the Cato Institute, explains to readers how the fast exit of Michael Flynn from the Trump administration could be the best possible outcome. Flynn was a hawk on Iran, and no American voting for Donald Trump was voting to put […]
Trump’s Great White Wall: Part III
“I never liked Reagan much,” Papaw later told me. ‘But I hated that son of a bitch Mondale.’” And that was the one and only time Papaw voted for a Republican explains J.D. Vance in his #1 New York Times bestseller Hillbilly Elegy. Why did Vance’s grandfather vote for Reagan? Because Reagan connected with the […]
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