America may have a fleet of stealth aircraft, but Russia’s stealth actions to dominate America and the West have been more effective, more lethal and less expensive. Through both covert and transparent activities, Russia has infiltrated and influenced United States’ politics and invested in various American strategic industries in spite of sanctions by the U.S. on top Russian … [Read more...] about Russian Stealth and American Acquiesence
‘Christmas Creep’? Bah Humbug, Merry Christmas to All
A couple of days before Thanksgiving, with temperatures still in the 80s here in Texas, I tuned the car radio to a local station and, lo and behold, Christmas music came out of the speakers, and it has continued ever since. Stores, it seems to me, have been decorated for Christmas since Halloween – even earlier. Some feel this “Christmas Creep” detracts from the real … [Read more...] about ‘Christmas Creep’? Bah Humbug, Merry Christmas to All
Utah Monuments (Cartoon)
Israel’s foreign relations improving, SWU gala told
by Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Amid growing indignation over aggressive Palestinian tactics at universities throughout the Diaspora, Dore Gold, former director general of Israel’s Foreign Ministry, provided a note of optimism at a StandWithUs banquet last Saturday night attended by over 500 Israel supporters. Interviewed on stage by Waxie Sanitary Supply Chairman and … [Read more...] about Israel’s foreign relations improving, SWU gala told
Furt those Tweets (Cartoon and Column)
After Trump fired his National Security Adviser Michael Flynn (after being on the job for only 24 days), he tweeted that he fired him for lying to Vice President Mike Pence. On Saturday, a tweet went out from Trump’s Twitter account stating he fired Flynn, not just for lying to Pence, but also for lying to the FBI. This is where it gets troublesome for the orange doofus. … [Read more...] about Furt those Tweets (Cartoon and Column)
Supreme Court allows full enforcement of Trump travel ban
The Supreme Court doled out a victory for the Trump administration Monday, ruling that the third version of the president's immigration travel ban can take effect while it is being challenged in the lower courts. The latest version of the extreme vetting order was introduced in September and sought to curtail the admission of visitors and… … [Read more...] about Supreme Court allows full enforcement of Trump travel ban
Did Miner Safety Improve Since Trump’s Inauguration?
In the wake of President Trump's inauguration, the mining industry is witnessing rollbacks in mining safety regulations at the state level aimed at revitalizing the declining coal industry. While these policies are intended to make the price of coal more competitive, they may carry the unintended consequence of reducing overall safety in mining. Increased Competitive … [Read more...] about Did Miner Safety Improve Since Trump’s Inauguration?
(UPDATED) Mueller Lays The Groundwork For Trump’s Impeachment With Flynn’s Guilty Plea
The huge news buried inside the big news that Michael Flynn has pleaded guilty to a charge of lying to the FBI seemed to be that Donald Trump was not implicated. But that is wrong and then some because Robert Mueller, who is more than proving his mettle as a brilliant prosecutorial strategist, has now laid the groundwork for Trump's impeachment by documenting that the … [Read more...] about (UPDATED) Mueller Lays The Groundwork For Trump’s Impeachment With Flynn’s Guilty Plea
Trump’s tweet about Flynn and the FBI has yielded questionable explanations
On Saturday, the @RealDonaldTrump twitter account published a tweet about Michael Flynn that shook the Twitter-verse and launched lawyers' keyboards into warp speed: As most things tweeted by Trump, the issue raised is far more complex than 140 or 280 characters can address. In this case, there's the "obstruction of justice" story, the "he didn't do it" story, and … [Read more...] about Trump’s tweet about Flynn and the FBI has yielded questionable explanations
Sea turtles’ sad fate: from restaurant menus to plastic ‘soup’
Gently, Kenzo the sea turtle is lowered onto a beach where a scattering of bottle caps, candy wrappers, yoghurt cups and discarded flipflops scar an otherwise idyllic setting. As its human handlers step aside, Kenzo struggles out of the harness, pushes hard with its flippers on the sand, and slides into small waves specked with bits… … [Read more...] about Sea turtles’ sad fate: from restaurant menus to plastic ‘soup’
How Trump lost his cover
WASHINGTON -- Dec. 1, 2017, will be remembered as the day when the vast majority of Americans fully grasped the consequences of the 2016 elections. They installed a man in the White House "likely to be under investigation for criminality for a very, very long time to come." And they gave power to a Republican Party whose only purpose is to comfort the already extremely … [Read more...] about How Trump lost his cover
America the Banana Republic
By Neal Gabler When people call Donald Trump an authoritarian, it almost gives him more credit than he deserves. You don’t think favorably of authoritarians; they are despicable. But you do think of them as monstrously large, grievously terrifying, as somehow taking the measure of the polity they control and drawing on its stature to puff themselves up, even as they … [Read more...] about America the Banana Republic
Fox Host Dobbs: Obama Should Be Detained for Bashing Trump
Former President Barack Obama should be detained by federal officials for talking badly about President Donald Trump. After Obama said this week that people should "think before you speak, think before you tweet," in an apparent reference to Trump's twilight Twitter rants, Fox Business’ Lou Dobbs had harsh words for Obama. “I think U.S. Marshals should… … [Read more...] about Fox Host Dobbs: Obama Should Be Detained for Bashing Trump
Irving Berlin’s Non-Racist Holiday Inn: A Review of the 5th Avenue Theatre Production
There is no way for me to write my review of the 5th Avenue Theatre’s production of Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn without sounding racist. Incidentally, when people use the qualifying phrase “sounding racist” they are usually just being racist. Here is the big problem. The 5th Avenue Theatre’s current, not racist version of Holiday Inn draws its source material from the … [Read more...] about Irving Berlin’s Non-Racist Holiday Inn: A Review of the 5th Avenue Theatre Production
Government by the reckless, for the few
WASHINGTON -- Students often leave term papers to the last minute, but even college freshmen would never submit as finished work an essay with changes illegibly scrawled along the side. Republican senators hold themselves to a much lower standard. They voted in the early morning hours on Saturday to reorder large parts of the American economy on the basis of a bill that … [Read more...] about Government by the reckless, for the few
Cartoon: New Tax Bill
Israel loved the Sinai that is now a killing field
It was a bit of heaven; now it is a chunk of hell. Muslim extremists are killing each other in the wilderness where the Hebrews received the Law; in Israel, hands are wringing and hearts are breaking. In a grisly familiar pattern, some 30 armed men entered the Rawdah Sufi mosque in northern Sinai, mechanically firing automatic weapons and hurling grenades into innocent … [Read more...] about Israel loved the Sinai that is now a killing field
US Senate passes controversial tax cuts bill
The US Senate has narrowly approved a landmark tax bill in a major step towards delivering a legislative victory to President Donald Trump. Vice President Mike Pence, who presided over Saturday's vote, announced the 51-49 result to applause from Republicans. No Democrat voted for the bill. The plan, entitled the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA)… … [Read more...] about US Senate passes controversial tax cuts bill
(UPDATE II) Flynn’s Guilty Plea Is Merely The Tip Of A Very Big Iceberg. What Lies Beneath?
As dramatic a development as Michael Flynn's guilty plea to lying to the FBI and agreement to cooperate may be in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's take-no-prisoners Russia scandal investigation, it is merely the tip of a very big iceberg, and it is what lies beneath that really matters. Flynn was so mobbed up through countless meetings with Russians before, during and … [Read more...] about (UPDATE II) Flynn’s Guilty Plea Is Merely The Tip Of A Very Big Iceberg. What Lies Beneath?
Trump Train Trolls (Cartoon and Column)
Back in the old normal, journalists never referred to a politician as a liar. They were either wrong, mistaken, misinformed, misspeaking, or incorrect. That changed with Donald Trump as the man continues to repeat lies after being told they’re lies. Trump and his sycophants don’t just lie where you can say it’s their viewpoint. They lie to the extent that they choose their own … [Read more...] about Trump Train Trolls (Cartoon and Column)