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1/26/18 Andrew Bacevich on U.S. diplomacy under Trump and the rise of China

by Scott Horton | Jan 26, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show, Uncategorized

Retired army colonel Andrew Bacevich returns to the show to discuss the state of American diplomacy under Trump. Bacevich opens with a general background of his work and explains why he dissents frequently with the top brass of the U.S. military. Bacevich then...

How DACA Became a Political Football

by Eric Schuler | Jan 26, 2018 | Featured Articles, Justice

Democrats, Republicans, and regular Americans agree that DACA recipients should be allowed to stay in the US. In spite of this happy news, the DACA program remains in limbo nearly five months after it was revoked by President Trump. The government also just went...

TGIF: The Voice of American Workers Is a Charlatan

by Sheldon Richman | Jan 25, 2018 | Economics, Featured Articles, Sheldon Richman, TGIF

Donald Trump, the self-proclaimed voice of American working people, has decreed that the prices of washing machines and solar panels shall rise. So it is written. So it is done. Trump's decree, placing tariffs (taxes) on imported versions of those goods, will impose...

Freedom, Protectionism, and Pipe Tobacco

by Sheldon Richman | Jan 25, 2018 | Blog, Economics

One of my haunts is a local tobacco shop, where I regularly drop in to smoke a few bowls of fine pipe tobacco and talk to a fine group of friends and acquaintances. I go there to relax, which is what pipe smoking is all about, but part of yesterday's visit was...

Is Trump Planning a Tactical Nuclear Strike on Kim Jong Un?

by Sheldon Richman | Jan 25, 2018 | Blog, Foreign Policy

From Business Insider: The US has been quietly amassing firepower in the Pacific during a lull in tensions with North Korea, but recent developments on an under-the-radar nuclear weapon suggest preparation for a potential tactical nuclear strike. [Emphasis added.] The...

1/24/18 Kelley B. Vlahos on Trump’s neocons

by Scott Horton | Jan 24, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show

Kelley B. Vlahos, executive editor of the American Conservative Magazine, returns to the show to discuss her latest article, "Neoconning the Trump White House." Vlahos details her research into the neocon creep into the Trump administration and does a deep dive into...

1/24/18 Kelley B. Vlahos on Trump's neocons

by Scott Horton | Jan 24, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show

Pence Addresses a Palestinian-Free Israeli Knesset

by Sheldon Richman | Jan 23, 2018 | Blog, Foreign Policy

From Mondoweiss: As Vice President Mike Pence began his speech to the Israeli Knesset this morning, Palestinian lawmakers protested the Trump administration’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, waving posters that said, “Jerusalem is the capital of...

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Little Crappy Ships Continue to Waste Money, Again

The next to last floating dumpster of the Little Crappy Ship (LCS), USS Beloit, was launched, yet another future fish apartment complex; the USS Cleveland, the final ship of the Freedom class, is under construction and will be delivered in 2025 (don't hold your...

Submarine Blues: Over-budget and Not Underwater

I often bag on the US Navy surface fleet as a sad shadow of the fleet that used to be. The nuclear submarine fleet is joining that maritime house of woe. U.S. Navy Captain Jerry Hendrix, who in a recent assessment observed: “In fact, production of new submarines...

Pegasus Down: The Refueler Follies March On

The KC46A is the replacement for the renowned KC135 refueling bird which had the last production aircraft rolled out in 1965. The KC46A is plagued with problems to include the bone-headed notion to put the refueling crew in the cockpit instead of the rear of the...

Blaming Freedom

Freedom is nearly always blamed for the bad consequences of unfreedom, that is, of government intervention. Take immigration. We hear these days that migrant gangs are killing, terrorizing, and stealing from Americans. Some immigrants without government papers have...

Insurrection of the Mind.

Star Trek Insurrection is not one of the better films in the series, but it seeks to address issues of humanity that sometimes only science fiction can. Immortality, the value of life and human relationships with technology. It is fitting that the film starts with the...

They Know the Truth

Cut from the book. After catching Woodward faking that Lavrov quote, I had to cut all the citations from that book out of mine. But I'll leave this here at least because it's funny: Insider journalist Bob Woodward wrote in 2024 that the administration recognized...