Obama and the Free Riders

In a recent in-depth and wide-ranging interview with Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic, President Obama made a statement that is catching flak from America’s European allies: Mr Obama also made clear that he forced Mr Cameron to sign up to Nato’s benchmark...

Oppressors and Scapegoats

Arizona Senator Jeff Flake (R) has been a long-time advocate for lifting the travel ban and embargo on Cuba, and in a recent interview makes the case that the last half century of US policy towards that little pocket of communism in the Caribbean has stood in the way...

The Earth Doesn’t Care

I’m currently reading a series of books, collectively known as the Iron Druid Chronicles They are tales of, you guessed it, a “druid,” in this case a worshiper of the Earth aka Gaia, set in present-day. This puts the books into the category of Urban...
War Pig/Trump’s Wall

War Pig/Trump’s Wall

Fans of the rock/heavy metal band Black Sabbath will likely recognize the title’s reference, a play on the full title of the band’s magnificent anti-war opus. The song, commonly known as War Pigs, has as a full title War Pigs/Luke’s Wall and the...

I Can’t Do It

Donald Trump, Jr. appeared yesterday on the Opie radio show on SiriusXM, and presented both himself and his father in reasonable tones and with reasonable statements. As I listened to the interview/discussion, I found myself wondering if I shouldn’t soften my...