Foreign Policy
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Friday, December 1st, 2023Henry Kissinger and Richard Nixon, like W Bush and Dick Cheney, lied about wars. They all threw American lives away to advance their political careers. They were deplorable before it wore a Red Hat. Nixon and Kissinger conspired to prolong the war in Vietnam War. Their reason? Win an election. They traded American and Vietnamese […]
Elections Have Consequences
Friday, October 13th, 2023As we wake up to another day of chaos and unwillingness to compromise, it might be helpful to remember that elections have consequences. Elections are not a game. Elections are not about teams. Elections are about the future you want for yourself, your children, and your neighbor. In 2006 the voters in the Gaza Strip […]
Honesty Is The Best Policy
Thursday, March 23rd, 2023While honesty is the best policy, it doesn’t always make the best politics. Twenty years ago, President George W. Bush lied about Iraq. The invasion made conservatives happy but was a disaster for America, Iraq and the entire Middle East. George Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice told America and the […]
A Free and Independent Press
Thursday, March 9th, 2023On February 27, 1968, Walter Cronkite changed history. Cronkite was a household name by that time. During the 40s, 50s and 60s, he covered everything from Second World War to the Olympics. Cronkite gained the trust of the American people by telling the truth. As the host of the CBS Evening News, Cronkite told the […]
Did You Get the Memo?
Thursday, August 18th, 2022Every August I remember our history. For professional historians, history is based on documents. Documents give us a look into real time events rather than looking backwards. Documents help us separate reality from storytelling. On August 6, 2001 a Central Intelligence Agent handed George W. Bush a Presidential Daily Brief. Its title could not have […]
Watch Your Step
Thursday, March 3rd, 2022Escalators are a modern marvel. The English word is derived from the word, escalade, meaning to climb. An escalator actually takes the effort out of climbing. They are a welcome sight in a mall or a subway station. Unfortunately, there are times in life when an escalator is not welcome. Sometimes we make decisions with […]
What Was Old Is New Again
Thursday, February 24th, 2022I will never forget my childhood trip to Berlin. My dad was stationed in Bamberg, Germany, and my parents wanted their children to see as much as possible. The trip to Berlin was different than others. The trip started with a night train. On most trips, we traveled in our huge red, Plymouth station wagon. […]
The Strong Should Not Harm The Weak
Thursday, February 17th, 2022Around 1755 BCE, the Babylonian King Hammurabi proclaimed a law code. For thousands of years it lay hidden in the ruins of Susa in modern Iran. It revealed the ancient origins of government. The text on the granite stele began with a preamble. Hammurabi claimed the gods called him by name to rule. They expected the king […]
Cruelty is a Feature, Not an Accident
Thursday, September 16th, 2021The terrorist attacks on 9/11 ignited the rise of Big Government Conservatism. Just a few months before, George W. Bush had won a razor thin election by presenting himself as a compassionate conservative. Within days of the September attacks his mask fell off. Bush started to channel the blood lust rising in conservative circles. I […]
Time to Come Home
Thursday, September 2nd, 2021The United States Armed Forces have shown the world again that it is the best trained and equipped on the planet. In 2001, they went into Afghanistan to kill Osama Bin Laden and dismantle the 9/11 terror network. Long after their mission to kill Osama Bin Laden was successful and Al Qaeda driven from Afghanistan, […]
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