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En Garde, Gandhi

Howell Hurst Defense vs Diplomacy

Mohandas K. Gandhi wrote in his personal autobiography, “I realized that the true function of a lawyer was to unite parties riven asunder.” Any modern attorney who proposed such a guideline for his profession, instead of just aggressively and expensively out-maneuvering” his opponent in a legal battle, would be laughed off the media stage today…. continue reading »

Let’s Meet Kim Jung-un

Howell Hurst Uncategorized

North Korea’s leader lives in a recent family culture at least a couple of hundred years old, and in a country culture several thousand years old. He is mentally and psychologically isolated from what we consider our normal world. So, it is logical that from his perspective, we, the USA with our mighty military, are… continue reading »

The Lost Aircraft Carrier

Howell Hurst Defining Trump

Again, I must eat my own words that Mr. Trump might be a competent commander in chief. I’ve been trying to give this man the benefit of the doubt in several things, but he continually shoots himself in the mouth. How can one lose an aircraft carrier and its entire task force? The lost aircraft… continue reading »

Unusual Business

Howell Hurst Defining Trump

Republicans are already methodically amassing millions of dollars for the 2020 presidential election. They are spending substantial sums of it in meetings and affairs in hotel properties owned by the president. We are bankrolling his Florida self-promotion campaign. He is directly profiting from our tax dollars and the publicity he generates attracting the dollars. When… continue reading »

The Trump Deal

Howell Hurst Defining Trump

FROM MY CORNER The Trump Deal: Just for the record, as I continue to watch all of the many inconsistencies of Donald Trump and his associates, I am becoming sorry I made the effort of commenting about him recently as a potentially valid military commander. I believe that was emotionally irrational of me. Rushing a… continue reading »