Iran
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The Great American Grovel-Off During Cabinet Meetings
Today I read these lines by Yuval Noah Harari in Homo Deus. The greatest scientific discovery was the discovery of ignorance. Once humans realized how little they knew about the world, they suddenly had a very good reason to seek new knowledge. If only…. I later read online that the Trump cabinet had a meeting… Continue reading
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Betting On War In Donald Trump’s Second Term, Profits Of Up To $80 Million
Many people are thinking about baseball or summer travels, wondering if they can afford the gas prices to head to the ballpark or the Grand Canyon. At the same time, there are very troubling events occurring involving wealthy individuals connected to Donald Trump and his administration, making wild profits on stock deals. The morning of… Continue reading
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Story Of The Week: Fractions Widen Between UAE and Saudi Arabia
I suggest the most interesting and consequential news story this week was the growing divide between the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. I noticed that national evening news broadcasts on ABC and NBC, while giving time to fluff stories and reports because they had videos of crashes and fires, could not provide viewers the… Continue reading
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Moral Leadership Needed From The Trump White House About His War In Iran
Our nation has seen more than its fair share of policy disputes, strategic missteps, and even bizarre moments of national confusion since Donald Trump’s inauguration in January 2025. Now, we are facing an alarming moment with the absence of moral leadership at the very top of this White House concerning the Iran war. Moral leadership… Continue reading
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Trump Using Iran War As Deflection From Sex Crime Allegations In Epstein Files, “I’m Not A Pedophile “
It was a staggering moment in American politics when Donald Trump went on national television Sunday to state I’m– I’m not a rapist. I didn’t rape anybody. And then state, I’m not a pedophile. The need to make such a statement speaks for itself. For the past nine weeks, many commentators and citizens have come… Continue reading
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25th Amendment Needed to Stop A Walking Biological Mistake
Calls for the removal of Donald Trump from the Oval Office are increasing. As we move to week nine of an unnecessary war in Iran, the quagmire effect is taking hold as international relations fray, economic damage escalates, and dire political consequences for the Republican Party multiply. While all that is true and intensifying, it… 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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Why USAID’s Role Matters More Than Ever As Trump’s Iran War Escalates
The severe consequences of Donald Trump’s callous disregard for sound governance are front and center. Every day in multiple ways. One of the international efforts he destroyed was the U.S. Agency for International Development, commonly referred to as USAID. It was the primary U.S. government agency leading international development and humanitarian aid, aimed at ending… Continue reading
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