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The Shady, Sometimes Wacky World of State Secrets and Security Clearances Aug. 28, 2025
Beware: Classified documents don't always hide state secrets, and security clearances are used as to... Read More
Hiroshima's Cloud and the Ukraine Ceasefire Deadline Aug. 06, 2025
The 80th anniversaries of the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki provide an instructive m... Read More
Trump's Ukraine: 'I Am on Humanity's Side' Jul. 16, 2025
On July 15, according to X (formerly Twitter), a reporter on the White House lawn asked, "Are you on... Read More
Iran: A Ticking Nuclear Bomb Jun. 26, 2025
I wrote this in January 2006. This is an excerpt. Iranian President Mahmoud "the-Holocaust-is-a-my... Read More
Trump's Ceasefire Between Israel and Iran Is A Castle Built on Sand Jun. 24, 2025
SAN DIEGO — So much for the big, beautiful ceasefire. It turns out neither Israel nor Iran was... Read More
Fast-Changing Events Making, or Remaking, History Jun. 20, 2025
Events are moving fast. Seven days ago, as I write, Israel had not yet launched its first attacks on... Read More
On Iran, Democrats -- Except Fetterman -- Have Gone Underground Jun. 19, 2025
When it comes to criticizing President Donald Trump — and refusing to give credit for virtuall... Read More
Let US Bombs Destroy Iran's Fordow Uranium Plant -- Not Israeli Nukes Jun. 18, 2025
The Israel-Iran War Over Nuclear Weapons could end with a nuclear blast. Why have a reluctant Washin... Read More
New Gaza as Condos, Not Shell Holes Feb. 05, 2025
The Great 21st-Century Creative Strategic Thinker (Donald Trump, aka, The Great Disruptor) wants to ... Read More
Ignore No More: Iran's Regime Is Too Bad To Succeed Nov. 05, 2024
The Oct. 7, 2023 invasion of Israel by some 6,000 Hamas gunmen has changed America's political conve... Read More
Compensate St. Louis' Nuclear Victims -- Now Aug. 15, 2023
President Joe Biden this week cracked open the door to the possibility of finally, after decades, pr... Read More
Existential Risks in Ukraine May. 29, 2023
As Henry Kissinger turned 100 and Americans marked the arrival of summer with a holiday meant to mem... Read More
The United States Is Inching Toward World War III With China Feb. 16, 2023
The United States is inching toward World War III with China. All the lights on the dashboard are fl... Read More
America's Dumb Energy Debates Oct. 21, 2022
If forced to pick one main reason the Democrats are going to get routed in a month, I'd go with thei... Read More
60th Anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis Finds Communist Island in Deepest Crisis Ever, Part I Oct. 08, 2022
Sixty years ago, on Oct. 22, President John F. Kennedy addressed the nation on TV with dire warnings... Read More
The Credit for Electric Cars Is Unusually Well Crafted Aug. 16, 2022
It isn't true that the new subsidies for buying electric vehicles will only benefit the rich. Even i... Read More
Biden Rejects Reality -- Putin Rolls into Ukraine Mar. 01, 2022
As Russia invades Ukraine, amasses troops on the Polish border and threatens to use nuclear weapons,... Read More
Who Is Your Enemy? Feb. 25, 2022
Vladimir Putin looks a little like a guy who used to run a liquor store not too far from where I liv... Read More
Stress Test for a Fading Superpower Feb. 11, 2022
Because America entered both world wars of the 20th century last, while all the other great powers b... Read More
Wars and Rumors of Wars in Times of TikTok: Is America Ready for a Major Conflagration? Part II Jan. 22, 2022
The United States lost, "failed miserably," in a battle against Chinese forces, reported Gen. John H... Read More
