US operations against suspected drug boats in Latin America have failed to slow the rate of cocaine entering the US. The Washington Post reviewed a DEA assessment that found the strikes on vessels operated by alleged narco-terrorists have not changed the amount or...
John and I discuss the evils of men, changing ourselves, and reading the preface to Ordinary Men.
I further examine the strategic deficit disorder that absolutely dominates the US and western military establishments. America has a singular inability to execute large and complex wars without failing in a spectacular fashion. I speak to the tools and critical...
Few ideas have shaped the way Washington talks about Beijing more than the Thucydides Trap. The Harvard political scientist Graham Allison built the phrase on a single line from the ancient historian Thucydides, who wrote that "it was the rise of Athens and the fear...
“The great object of my fear is the federal judiciary.” That’s Thomas Jefferson—sounding the alarm over what he saw as the greatest threat to the Constitution and your liberty. He gave us four main warnings: Consolidation is death to freedom. Judges can be just as...
A single yes or no question can expose an entire political strategy. We sit down with activist and independent journalist Misty Winston to unpack why so many Democratic leaders can’t answer plainly when Israel and Palestine comes up, especially on the hardest point:...
President Donald Trump will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on Tuesday. The Ukrainian leader is traveling to the US for the funeral of Senator Lindsey Graham. Axios reported speaking with a US official who confirmed Zelensky will...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he expects the war against Iran to continue until there is regime change in Iran or it is weakened to the point that Tehran must bend to US and Israeli demands. On Sunday, Netanyahu was asked by Maria Bartiromo when the...
US officials said that President Donald Trump decided to hold off on ordering an escalation in the war against Iran. Last week, The New York Post and Axios reported that President Donald Trump was closing in on a decision to authorize a major attack on Iran. It is...
In what is the monetary equivalent of tearing down statues, the British have decided they must replace iconic images on their currency. Out of an apparent fear of offending the stampede of human beings who have chosen to abandon their own homelands to live in Great...
