TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE FAKE NEWS WAR (…we first have to consider the source of it…) After almost two years of loud roaring about “fake news”, most of those roarings about it are as fake as the news it has
Trump
RESETTING THE NORMS FOR INTERNATIONAL DEAL-MAKING… (…by threats of economic blunderbuss blasts and corrosive quick-lime invectives for emphasis) President Trump’s executive order to withdraw from the Iranian nuclear deal has reset the norms for international deal-making. Rather than applying conventional
A CLEAR CASE OF…L’ETAT…C’EST MOI… (…and keep that Congress and Constitution stuff out of his way) At one point during the 2016 presidential campaigns we characterized Mr. Trump’s candidacy as being that of…a man who would be Caesar…but we were
IT MIGHT JUST BE AN INVITATION TO ANOTHER DIPLOMATIC GAVOTTE.. (…and may not otherwise achieve any kind of meaningful outcome) Even when it occurs in its most byzantine and convoluted form, diplomacy generally is preferable to outright conflict, especially if
IT’S OFF TO ASIA WE GO… (hi…ho…hi…ho…to dealie-oh…it’s off to Asia we go…) Despite growing rumbles of more troubles to come from the investigation into his campaign’s connections with Russia’s meddling in the 2016 elections, the President is off on
THE TRUMPY BEAR… (…or how to cash in on pollical controversy) A lot of folks are wasting their time with all sorts of “resistance” and/or “protest” about President Trump’s method and style as President. Berkleyites (including their university mentors) are
A RESURGENCE OF CULTURAL REGRESSION IN AMERICA… (…epitomized by an amalgam of White Supremacy with Hitlerian ideology) Most of us are not just disturbed but also confused by its seemingly sudden appearance among us because it seems so far removed
THE CLAMORS OF INTERMPERATE VOICES AND DISTEMPERED MINDS… (…which simply ignite these into mindless disunity and vicious violence) The tragic events of Charlottesville, Virginia, are