Inside The Looking Glass: Trump is the GOP’s new ike on February 4, 2020The impeachment of Donald J. Trump has clearly been a trip through Alice in Wonderland’s magic looking glass. There is no other explanation. Consider why. First, despite impeachment, Trump is the new Ike, that is President and General of the Army Dwight David Eisenhower, at least in terms of Republican support. The current Wall Street […]
The impeachment of Donald J. Trump: what every Pakistani needs to know on January 22, 2020On Tuesday, the impeachment trial of President Donald J. Trump resumed in the U.S. Senate. The impeachment process that can lead to the removal of the president began in the House of Representatives. By a simple majority vote, the House sent articles of impeachment alleging from the Constitution, “Treason, bribery or high crimes and misdemeanors,” […]
Soundbites and slogans do not make good strategy on January 15, 2020Bucharest, Romania: The confrontation between the United States and Iran and the controversy over the assassination of QassimSoleimani are incontrovertible evidence that sound bites and slogans do not make good strategy. Regarding the former standoff with Iran, why does the U.S. continue to use the 1979 “student” takeover of the American Embassy in Tehran in […]
Nice work don! on January 9, 2020No one in this country will mourn the death of Qassim Soleimani, the late commander of Iran’s Quds force, eviscerated by Hellfire missiles last week at Baghdad airport. Likewise, few mourned the overthrow and hanging of Saddam Hussein in 2003, a villain who murdered, tortured and abused millions of his countrymen and women. But the […]
Who can you trust in 2020? on January 1, 2020New Year’s calls for resolutions and presumably some optimism about the future. However, more somber questions loom over American society. Who can you trust today? And how serious is this trust deficit? Trust requires respect for the truth. But the Commander-in-chief is the falsifier in chief. The Washington Post fact checker so far has identified […]
Dickens In Mar A Lago on December 29, 2019Last night, Christmas Eve, the spirit of Charles Dickens descended on Mar a Lago. President Donald Trump was haunted by Dickens’ ghosts of Christmases Past, Present and Future. It was not a good night for the ghosts nor for Mr. Trump in which Christmas Carols were notably absent. The Ghost of Christmas Past was Abraham […]
Assaults on the Constitution in 2001 and now on December 18, 2019Trump opponents will mistakenly embrace this column as fiercely as Trump supporters will reject it. But, ironically and for entirely different reasons, Osama bin Laden and Donald Trump, in concert with Democrats, raise (un)clear and present dangers to the Constitution. Bin Laden, in killing nearly 3000 Americans, brought extreme terror to these shores for the […]
The Afghan mess on December 10, 2019The Washington Post just published a story about a secret and highly critical government report on the seemingly endless war in Afghanistan. The report shows that both the George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations were both lied to and lied about the intervention that began eighteen years ago. As the French might say, this […]
NATO: relevant or a relic? on December 5, 2019This week, NATO heads of state and government gather at the Grove Hotel, the former estate of the dukes of Clarendon outside London, for a summit marking the alliance’s seventieth anniversary. During those decades, the alliance faced many critical cross roads. However, today’s cross roads may be among the most daunting. The central question is […]
Trump’s impeachment: a 21st century firing on Ft. Sumter? on November 26, 2019Donald Trump cannot stay as president. But the House impeachment inquiry is unlikely to provide sufficiently credible evidence for conviction. And if Trump survives this process, a good bet, do not discount his chances for re-election. How can this be? The Trump base will remain loyal to the president regardless of his conduct and whatever […]