A dear old friend sent me a piece of writing by David Brooks highly critical of Mr. Trump. Actually, it strikes me his piece may possibly be a tad dated in its observations. Having long been a critic of Trump, I reveal my developing take on him, a hopeful one, is he may conceivably down… continue reading »

Putin owns the Syrian war. Assad without Russia’s massive military presence would be nowhere in this conflict. To an extent this is the same Putin who as a key KGB operative after World War II bolstered East Germany. Syria has been a fairly safe place for him to swagger on the world stage. Although Putin… continue reading »

Mr. Trump deserves serious rebuke for blaming Mr. Obama for a gas attack on Syrian civilians by it government. He currently claims Obama did not send U.S. troops early enough into this war. Trump’s attempting to blame Obama for an apparent Syrian chemical attack is typical of his utter disregard for facts. NBC has documented… continue reading »

  Decoding the innumerable ciphers of politics is a tricky business. Put more plainly: trying to figure out the whys and wherefores of the ever-shifting human alliances of politicians is like squeezing a handful of thumbtacks. Or it’s like attempting to understand who is trying to get in bed with whom for what reason. Anyway… continue reading »

The professed news of the times is the investigation to determine if certain people in the Trump government have had financial dealings with certain Russians, and other countries and their corporations, that in essence allied them with their interests over America’s interests. This is a provocative claim. It requires cautious handling. Both Liberals and Conservatives… continue reading »