Government

Sedition in Real Time

January 15, 2020 0

It is a wonder of these incendiary times that even as impeachment of a president moves to its ripest phase, trial in the Senate, the acts of sedition that prompted it still go on behind […]

Government

2020 – YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY

January 14, 2020 0

“A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.” Tacitus, Publius Cornelius The shocking crime being committed during this century […]

Commentary

The Dogs of War

January 6, 2020 0

In that mercifully quiet week between Christmas and New Years, I re-watched Ken Burns’ documentary of the first Civil War, in contemplation of a possible second. What an almighty bloodbath that was. Thousands butchered in […]

Government

Forecast 2020 — Whirlin’ and Swirlin’

December 31, 2019 0

The Meta The big question for the year 2020 is simple: can America get its mind right? If the answer is no, we may not have much chance of continuing as a peaceful, functioning country. […]

Government

Russiagate Investigation Now Endangers Obama

December 30, 2019 0

Eric ZUESSE Former US President Barack Obama is now in severe legal jeopardy, because the Russiagate investigation has turned 180 degrees; and he, instead of the current President, Donald Trump, is in its cross-hairs. The biggest […]

Government

The Final Act

December 20, 2019 0

In processing the flow of information about the goings on in the US, it is impossible to get rid of a most unsettling sense of unreality—of a population trapped in a dark cave filled with […]

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