It says more about toxic US domestic politics than the realities of international relations The Russian invasion of Ukraine may very well cause the most casualties from armed conflict that Europe has seen since World War II. The first professional casualty of this war, which occurred well before the tanks rolled over the border, was…
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The Trump Era: No One Can Stay Above the Fray
shed in Moyers & Company (link to article) Trump debases the country, and we will all have to get our hands dirty. Shape without form, shade without color, paralyzed force, gesture without motion. — T.S. ELIOT, THE HOLLOW MEN (1925) It has been six years since I last saw Capitol Hill and the Republican Party in the rearview…
When Should We Use the ‘T’ Word?
Published in Washington Monthly ( link to article) The mainstream media is skittish about invoking treason. The presidency of Donald J. Trump, with its ludicrous inauguration crowd estimates, 4 AM tweets, and non-stop gaffes, is sometimes difficult for grownups to take seriously in any sort of sustained way. But with the allegation that Jared Kushner,…