Israel
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When Foreign Policy Follows You Home With A Target On Your Back
You likely found the same annoying thing when watching the Election Night returns on CNN and MS Now on Tuesday as I did. When we should have had more analysis of what was happening in Minnesota or Wisconsin, we were being told that Donald Trump, while traveling overseas recently, was warned of a credible threat… Continue reading
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Caffeinated Politics Podcast: Israeli Vote in Congress, Climate Change Leads Newscasts, And Public Safety With Gun Bans in Cook County And Connecticut
Democrats Break With Blind Support For Israel Testosterone, Lethality, And What The Military Isn’t Testing When The Atmosphere Became The Lead Story The Supreme Court, Assault Weapons, And What Comes Next Continue reading
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Democrats Break The Spell Of Blind Support for Israel
There are so many topics that beg for attention every week, every day in our nation. It is impossible for this one-armed paperhanger to tackle them all. But I would be really amiss if I didn’t throw a few thoughts your way about a huge political turn that took place this week, as a substantial… Continue reading
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The U.S.–Iran MOU: A Lopsided Deal That Hands Tehran The Win
In my senior year of high school, I never got to sleep on weeknights until well after 11:00 P.M. The American hostages were held in Iran, and there was a new late-night news special on ABC providing not only news but also background on the growing crisis. The program would soon be named Nightline. It… Continue reading
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Salah Sarsour, Wisconsin Mosque President, Legal Permanent Resident, Must Be Released From Federal Internment
Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin stated it best when reflecting on the internment of Salah Sarsour, president of Wisconsin’s largest mosque, and a legal permanent resident now held by the federal government. Our nation’s founders realized that democracy cannot exist in a nation with a government that restricts or limits the speech and expression of its… Continue reading
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Iran War: Expertise Replaced With Promotion of Opinion
I admit laughing when reading or hearing MAGA defend Donald Trump’s unnecessary Iran War by merely repeating the White House line that the conflict has been going on for 47 years. Then the defense bottoms out as they do not know what more to say. Since they mimic Trump, and he is the last person… Continue reading
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Iran’s New Strength, Trump’s Weakness: “Please, Please. It’s Too Much Winning. We Can’t Take It Anymore”
My first favorite author was Allen Drury, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Advise and Consent. As a teenager, I ate his books up, thrilled by their political and international stories with a continuous batch of colorful characters. But nothing…I mean nothing…that Drury could make up in his brilliant writing comes close to a plot line… Continue reading
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Laughter In The Midst Of Trump’s Iran War, ‘Can You Help Me Lift The Couch?’
Donald Trump spent the weekend pleading with other countries, including China, to help him out of the mess he created in the Strait of Hormuz with his erratic and needless war with Iran. Perhaps my upbeat mood today is because of the blizzard that socked in much of our state and brought calm to many… Continue reading
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Iran Fiasco Is Proof Why VOA Matters
The killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the joint U.S.–Israeli strikes this weekend marks one of the most consequential geopolitical ruptures in decades, and it underscores—more starkly than ever—why a fully empowered Voice of America is not a luxury but a strategic necessity. The breaking of international law by Donald Trump and his administration, along… Continue reading
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