The Iran War, the nature of a representative republic, and the failure of the conservative influencer class

Open U.S. Constitution with quill on desk between storm and domed hall

While few like to admit the truth, politics is a team sport and a team cannot win with prominent members of the chattering classes crapping on their own captain, especially when there is a clear argument to be made about the very nature of our system of government. There’s no doubt that President Donald Trump’s… Continue reading The Iran War, the nature of a representative republic, and the failure of the conservative influencer class

It’s time for Republicans to get off their ass and make the freaking case for the midterms

Replace conservation symbolism with growth jobs and safety

Do you want secure borders, less crime, less government, more manufacturing, more energy, more money in your pocket, and more economic growth over all to continue even if gas prices are higher than you would like, or do you want to go back to the malaise that prevailed before he retook office? Contrary to the… Continue reading It’s time for Republicans to get off their ass and make the freaking case for the midterms

Twenty five years after 9-11, we will wake up to a different world however intentional its creation

Aerial view of Lower Manhattan with the Twin Towers at sunset

In the minute or so it took to turn off the car and walk less than fifty yards to my cubicle, the second plane hit the other tower and I sat down at my desk in a completely different world. Of course, the real question was what that world would look like.  When the first… Continue reading Twenty five years after 9-11, we will wake up to a different world however intentional its creation

The choice facing Iran, and the reality that most of us aren’t all hawk or all dove all the time

Balance scales with crude oil barrel and cash on one side, globe and missile on the other

From where the average American sits, the choice facing the leaders of Iran seems like no choice at all, but after Saturday’s peace negotiations failed to produce a deal, it clearly is to the remnants of the regime and no one really knows what they will choose, however much they may bloviate otherwise.  Throughout the… Continue reading The choice facing Iran, and the reality that most of us aren’t all hawk or all dove all the time

While much of the world is kicking and screaming, Trump is almost singlehandedly dragging us into the future

Trump Future

It certainly isn’t pretty at times, but beyond death and taxes, there have been two certainties throughout my life, the Middle East was a strange and scary place from which terrorists launched attacks and communism was a creeping, insidious threat. Trump is finally addressing them both. At the risk of dating myself, I was born… Continue reading While much of the world is kicking and screaming, Trump is almost singlehandedly dragging us into the future

The Trump Armada

The sight, however symbolic, of the Arab Nations joining traditional European, North American, and Asian allies along with their long term adversary Israel in a joint mission would be something no one has ever seen before, perhaps as important as Teddy Roosevelt’s Great White Fleet was way back in 1907. Last week, the media was… Continue reading The Trump Armada

Since when do progressives give the slightest shit about high oil prices?

Despite calling for higher prices for years, we’re supposed to believe that progressives had a recent epiphany or at least that’s what they would like you to think if you happen to have the memory of a gold fish.  In one of those ironies that so frequently seem to define the modern world, Yahoo Finance… Continue reading Since when do progressives give the slightest shit about high oil prices?

Iran: Comparisons to Iraq are only helpful to a point when the world has changed

Arab Street

Less than 20 years ago, the phrase “Arab Street” generally meant a collection of countries that were both anti-Israel and largely opposed to the United States.  Mainly thanks to President Trump himself, the region has flipped from adversary to ally and that might be enough. President Donald Trump’s bold, risky, some would say reckless decision… Continue reading Iran: Comparisons to Iraq are only helpful to a point when the world has changed

Disgusting: The media is happy to undermine US foreign policy if they believe it hurts Trump

Rather than ask a substantiative question about the future of the Middle East and the world, the media preferred to focus on an eight year old murder and invoke 9-11 to embarrass the President and the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia in person. Last week, President Donald Trump welcomed Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman… Continue reading Disgusting: The media is happy to undermine US foreign policy if they believe it hurts Trump

A Big, Beautiful Peace Deal in the Middle East?

While it remains to be seen if a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, Syria joining the Abraham Accords, and even a group of sheikhs in the West Bank, will come to fruition, clearly something has changed radically in the region over the past six months and just as clearly, that something is President Trump.  Shortly… Continue reading A Big, Beautiful Peace Deal in the Middle East?