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
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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
DEFIANT ROARINGS… (with wild rhetoric of the explosive kind) In a rare moment of unanimity (probably the first ever in its existence) the UN Security Council condemned North Korea’s continuing attempts to become a nuclear power with ICBM capabilities, by
NORTH KOREA…A BLACK HOLE OF POTENTIAL DISASTER… (…whose paranoia could suck everyone around it into useless conflict) North Korea’s continued atomic saber rattling, especially with its open display of developing high end missile technology, is becoming a black hole of
WHEN YOU’RE IN NEED OF ORDER FROM CHAOS… (…just call 911-US Marines…to fix the problem) It appears the President has finally realized that…when you’re in need of order from chaos…just call 911-US Marines…to fix the problem…and thus appointed Marine General