Posts by James Joyner

James Joyner
About James Joyner
James Joyner is a Professor of Security Studies. He's a former Army officer and Desert Storm veteran. Views expressed here are his own. Follow James on Twitter @DrJJoyner.

Musk Acquires Twitter, Fires Executives

The social platform beloved of the intellectual class is about to undergo radical change.

Friday’s Forum

The Media is Biased Against Us!

Journalists openly root for a good story.

Apple Not Happy About USB C Mandate

The company is begrudgingly complying with the EU’s requirement.

Russia’s Oil Power Gone Forever?

The International Energy Agency forecast is gloomy for Putin and company.

COVID’s Symptoms Have Evolved

The combination of new variants and increased immunity has changed how the disease presents.

NFL and College Football Going Head to Head

The most popular television product is running out of room to expand.

Ash Carter, 1954-2022

A brilliant national security leader is gone too soon.

Fetterman and the Politics of Optics

Will voters overlook the elephant in the room?

Biden’s Debt Ceiling Gaffe?

The President flubbed a softball question. Oh noes!

Trump Comics

An odd phenomenon.

Why Not Direct Democracy?

Would bypassing politicians altogether make the system more just?

Rishi Sunak Becomes UK Prime Minister

The 42-year-old billionaire makes history in many ways.

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Fear and Resentment of a Changing America

A revealing comparison of Republican districts that deny and don’t deny the 2020 outcome.

Musk Could Cripple Content Moderation

Planned staff layoffs concern those who fear a free-for-all.

Baseball’s New Playoff Structure

One League went according to chalk. The other, very much not.

Letter-Words

They’re just too awful for delicate ears.

Reparative Semantics? Or Gobbledygook?

Do last year’s words belong to last year’s language?

The Elusive ‘Latino Voter’

They’re a bloc but also not.

Democrats’ Messaging Challenges

Touting the accomplishments of the last two years isn’t working.

One of Last Ties to Slavery Passes at 90

Possibly the last child of an American enslaved person has died.

Midterm Polls Shifting Republican

The race is returning to expectation.

Liz Truss Resigns

She is the shortest-tenured Prime Minister in British history.

Democracy and ZIP Codes

The rules for voting in America vary widely.

Trump Perjured Himself

The former President knowingly signed a false affidavit in support of the Big Lie.

Thursday’s Forum

Inflation Changes Tax Brackets, Deductions, and Thresholds

The largest adjustment since the tax code was indexed in 1985.

Mastriano Under Fire From Colleagues and Mentors

A former dissertation advisor and two Army War College professors are speaking out against the gubernatorial candidate.

The ‘Crime of the Century’ Didn’t Happen

Three-and-a-half years and almost 6 million tax dollars have produced nothing.

Retired Flag Officers Cashing In As Foreign Agents

An unsavory practice that’s mostly legal.

The Depth of US Support to Ukraine

The collaboration has been even more robust than advertised.

SCOTUS Declines to Declare American Samoans Citizens

The court, rightly, punted the issue to Congress and local leaders.

Tuesday’s Forum

Biden Adopts Trump’s Immigration Policy

He’s using a tool he denounced as cruel to deal with a humanitarian crisis.

Liz Truss Already On the Way Out?

The Brits may soon have yet another Conservative PM.

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Economists Expect Recession Created By Economists

The Fed is expected to stall the economy to fight inflation.

The January 6 Hearings Are Over. Now What?

The investigation produced mounds of evidence. Will it matter?

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Russia Resorting to Brutality Because They Lack Precision Weapons

They’re hitting civilian targets partly because they can’t hit military ones.

Trump Subpoenaed by January 6 Committee

A dramatic if likely symbolic move.

Escalating the China Trade War

Biden is following Trump’s lead but doing it more competently.

2022 Won’t Be Another 1866

Hope is not a COA.

Twitter, Generals, and the Limits of Public Discourse

In the weeds of civil-military relations.

Tuesday’s Forum

Russia Bombing Civilian Sites Across Ukraine

Putin is committing war crimes in retaliation for an attack on a legitimate military target.

Columbus Day Forum

Four Seats

31 of the 35 Senate races next month are noncompetititve.

A Spotify for News

Publishers and consumers want very different business models.

Ukraine Openly Mocking Russia

Things are not going well in the special military operation.

Supreme Court Demographics

The class photo has changed.

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Democratic Local News Network

Fifty-plus “local” news outlets are a front for David Brock and company.