Trump loves to surprise people. That’s part of his power; he doesn’t like to do the expected. And the handshake with Kim Jong Un at the DMZ, and Trump’s stepping over the line into North Korean territory, certainly came as … Continue reading →
Trump announces new Iran sanctions: Today’s action follows a series of aggressive behaviors by the Iranian regime in recent weeks including shooting down a U.S. drone,” the president said in the Oval Office, calling Khamenei “responsible for the hostile conduct … Continue reading →
[See UPDATE below] I happened to turn on my TV late last night to a cable news station and I immediately started hearing talk about how Trump was going to start a war with Iran. The line went something like … Continue reading →
Online you can easily find many clips from documentaries and newsreels about D-Day. If you do (as I did today), you may almost immediately notice—as I did—the narration. The voices used back then had an utterly different tone from anything … Continue reading →
This doesn’t appear to be some sort of spoof: A cotton plant growing at Campbell Elementary School [in Arlington, Virginia] drew criticism online today, but Arlington Public Schools said allegations that staff were going to make kids “pick cotton” was … Continue reading →
Rashida Tlaib has been getting a lot of flak, and rightly so, for some remarks she made recently about Israel, the Palestinians, and the Holocaust. The context was a question about the one-state solution, and this is the part of … Continue reading →
A lot. Read the whole thing, but particularly note this: Hamas and Iranian-controlled Islamic Jihad launched over 600 rockets killing several Israeli civilians. The rockets were launched mostly from civilian locations in Gaza towards civilian locations in Israel. Israel retaliated … Continue reading →
Here’s how USA Today covers the Netanyahu election: The outcome would also affirm Israel’s continued tilt to the political right and further cast doubt on hopes of a negotiated solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, partly because of Netanyahu’s close relationship … Continue reading →
Yesterday while looking at Ted Koppel’s Wiki entry for a comment I was writing, I came across this history: Koppel, an only child, was born in Nelson, England. His parents, German Jews, had fled Germany after the rise of Adolf … Continue reading →
For decades, North Korea has been an intractable problem. President after president, both Democratic and Republican, tried and failed to secure a deal that made sense, and yet deals that didn’t make sense were made. Of course, I’m not sure … Continue reading →
According to CNN, President Trump is using his progress in denuclearization of the Korean peninsula to distract from their fake news. pic.twitter.com/bM82jZyQRC — Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) February 27, 2019 Actually, if you go to the CNN article that Adams is … Continue reading →
And it’s not the least bit friendly: Pakistan says it has shot down two Indian military jets and captured a pilot in a major escalation between the nuclear powers over Kashmir. India said it had lost one MiG-21 fighter and … Continue reading →