Dumb Critique or Dumbest Critique?

Some Democrats are unhappy Harris is touting the endorsement of the Cheneys.

Jerry West, 1938-2024

The legendary basketball player and executive is gone at 86.

Biden Orders Shutdown of Asylum Process

A desperate measure for a desperate problem.

A Bad Year For The West?

The BBC’s security correspondent thinks so.

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Israel and the al-Shifa Hospital

It’s likely legal and almost certainly won’t matter.

Bowe Bergdahl’s Conviction Overturned

The trial judge had a conflict of interest.

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Age, Illness, and American Politics

The controversies over our geriatric Congress continue.

Pentagon Opposes Helping Prosecute Russian War Crimes

A wrongheaded if longstanding position.

Brits Deporting Migrants to Rwanda

A legal but unsavory solution to a problem.

The ‘Crime of the Century’ Didn’t Happen

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

Putin’s Nuclear Gambit

The threat is not idle and the options for responding are not good.

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QEII and the Empire

How much blame did the 70-year constitutional monarch share?

Biden and bin Salman

An embarrassing photo demonstrates the perils of leading the free world.

Russia’s Diplomatic Isolation

The West continues to close Moscow off.

Meanwhile, In The Rest Of The Russian Empire…

Putin must be worrying about losing what little empire he has built.

Is Autocracy Really Winning?

A depressing magazine piece argues it is.

Evangelical Politics in the Time of Polarization and Covid

A piece in The Atlantic inspires thoughts.

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Biden Blamed for Afghan Fiasco

The collapse is not his doing. But he’s accountable for the poor planning.

Donald Rumsfeld, 1932-2021

He was both the youngest and oldest man to run the Pentagon.

The Politicization of Math Class

The least controversial subject in school is suddenly controversial.

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Biden Declares Armenian Genocide a Genocide

The President has overturned decades of US foreign policy and alienated a NATO ally for, well, reasons.

Chauvin’s Life in Prison

Don’t believe everything you see on TV.

Leaving Afghanistan After Only 20 Years

Four administrations and two decades later, it’s about to be over.

Eighteen Years of Blogging

Some reflections

The Office of Legal Counsel

Holding the president accountable is hard.