Archives for February 2022

That silent blank stare, gnawing a fingernail, a roomful of journalist awaiting an answer from the President of the United States, any sign of intelligent engagement. This is the most telling picture yesterday of where the United States is headed in an engagement that could result in WW3. The United States is not Europe, the […]

I did not expect to comment on the Russian invasion of Ukraine due to so many other loud voices but as often happens, I don’t see one specific take on the situation among the endless news stories and commentary. What I do see falls into three camps. I’ll describe them only in the broadest terms: […]

Why would a country boy from in a state far away have anything meaningful to say about a mayor of one of the largest, most important cities in the world, New York City? Of course, I could also ask: why not? I could point out that I’ll likely visit there within a couple months, and […]

On February 21 2018, almost exactly four years ago, I wrote an article focusing on guns. I had not written one before and haven’t since, until today. Looking back at it, I believe I proposed some unique ideas not usually part of the gun discussion; on the other hand, I was wrong on some proposed details. […]

The Special Counsel, John Durham has revealed that the Hillary Clinton campaign paid a chain of operatives to intercept Internet communications from Donald Trump, personally, his campaign, and as President in the White House. The scope of this illegality is mind boggling. This was not a dark-ops sanctioned by the intelligence community. Even if that […]

On February 7, 2022, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a ‘Summary of Terrorism Threat to the U.S. Homeland’. While most of the document is a boilerplate description of every possible domestic threat that could ever exist, there are some notable clauses that go well beyond hypothetical threats to the nation. Therein is provided the […]