Every time the United States gets involved in an intervention in a foreign nation, especially with a military component, there are denunciations, some of them extraordinarily passionate. This has hit fever pitch with a President that has been all over the globe in his first year of his second term. Iran, Venezuela, and talk about […]
More About the Fraud Class and Where Does That Leave Us
In April I wrote a piece: What We Are All Thinking About the Fraud Class. It’s time to ask a lot tougher questions and demands considering what I’ll just call the Somalian fraud scandal unfolding now in the state of Minnesota. Some of this requires a focus on those specifics but there are enough hints in […]
The Year in Northeast Reader – 2025
Another year of Northeast Reader is concluding. This is the annual review wherein I highlight one or more articles from each month, comprising what I think are the most important moments to remember. This is also a great way to become acquainted with NER if you’re a new visitor. As someone newly acquainted, I emphasize reading […]
Peace on Earth and Goodwill Toward Men – Ukraine Version
The war in Ukraine is a topic that I and a lot of others have more or less checked out from. It’s seemingly intractable. Europe couldn’t deal with it. Biden couldn’t, Trump is trying, playing good cop bad cop to Putin, then Zelensky, Putin, Zelensky… Russia has lost 1% of its male population to the […]
The Sad Case of Rob Reiner and Nick Reiner – Both Lost for the Same Reason
I usually don’t engage with the news of celebrity deaths. Sure, it’s often sad or in the case of Rob and Michele Singer Reiner, tragic, but I have so little engagement with TV and movies that there’s just so little attachment to begin with even as millions of the living leave this mortal coil daily. […]