X is not real life, but its tentacles slither into the increasingly online landscape that defines real life. It’s not X’s fault; it has merely become an incubator of a trend launched years ago by the 24-hour news cycle. Really, then, much of our modern malaise is the fault…
“This is the face that we show the world.” —Shriekback, “Clear Trails” (1983) Signal-gate — or whatever you call it — is a profound embarrassment. The first question is obvious: why on Earth were top officials in the Trump administration discussing an impending military action on a commercial app? The second: how did The…
“From the Beginning, California promised much. While yet barely a name on the map, it entered American awareness as a symbol of renewal. It was a final frontier: of geography and of expectation.” — Kevin Starr, “Americans and the California Dream, 1850-1915” California’s economic, academic, media, and political establishment still…
The US is clearly massing military forces for what many experts believe will be a full-bore attack on Iran. The big question, is this a part of President Trump’s usual negotiating strategy of bluff and bluster or the opening moves in a major war campaign against Iran?…
Negotiations between the U.S. and Russia about the war in Ukraine seem to be losing steam. Russia has long insisted on a solution of the conflict which removes the root causes of it. It can not allow for Ukraine to become a NATO battering ram at its doorstep. It…
From Glenn Greenwald to Joe Rogan to Tulsi Gabbard to countless others, Democrats seem to reserve special loathing for their own. On Thursday, I filed a $10 million lawsuit against California congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove, who in opening remarks at a House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee hearing called me a “serial…
Last week, a new report was published on the Trump administration’s handling of immigration, its signature issue. Here’s the bottom line: “Trump’s crackdown has escalated the number of immigrants in detention and those with cases tied up in courts, but hasn’t boosted the pace of removals.” The rate of removals…
The Philosopher Kings had painted the world into a corner. By the end of 2019, everyone had no choice but to go along with the pretender king dollar to get along – or else. Many had just gained too much comfort and standing in the rigged game of conjured prosperity…
In case you’ve missed the 1 million New York Times headlines announcing a “constitutional crisis,” here are a few typically calm, laid-back notices from that straight-down-the-middle newspaper: Trump Dares the Courts to Stop Him With Deportations, Trump Steps Closer to Showdown With Judicial Branch The president is challenging the…
Do you always drive at or below the speed limit? Most of us don’t. Technology now in cars will make sure we never exceed the speed limit; still more dystopian control of our lives. Something wicked this way comes – from my home state of Virginia, which is about…
