Trump’s expectations that the DOJ and FBI be supporters is baffling. Does he not understand that those are supposed to be INDEPENDENT agencies, not his personal attack puppies?

And Barr has proven that he cannot properly perform the job of Attorney General. He should change the name plate on his door to Personal Attorney to the President of the United States.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/investigations/afghanistan-papers/afghanistan-war-confidential-documents/

There is no doubt in my mind that the underlying cause for this catastrophe is the military-industrial mindset and culture of the US.

Continue reading “Vietnam all over again” →

https://www.pilotonline.com/news/virginia-beach-mass-shooting/vp-nw-ptsd-workers-compensation-20191208-prczwn6wgzcs7jlywat4a3gwvm-story.html

One of the issues in the gun debates is that the number of victims in mass shootings is tiny compared to the overall gun death rates.
Continue reading “This is why the mass shootings are so devastating. It’s not just body counts.” →

https://www.pilotonline.com/opinion/columns/vp-ed-column-sherlock-1208-20191208-xwslqqkt3fdt5j624jknanlhqe-story.html

The author makes a good case for ending healthcare monopolies by ending certificates of public need.
Continue reading “Isn’t “fee-for-service” the main problem with healthcare costs?” →

https://www.pilotonline.com/government/local/vp-nw-chesapeake-amendment-sanctuary-20191208-pqvcwbzbfzgblnr75d475d3xty-story.html

It seems a lot of councilpersons don’t understand the 2nd Amendment Sanctuary movement. Continue reading “Understanding the Urban/Rural divide” →

https://www.pilotonline.com/opinion/columns/vp-ed-column-williams-1207-20191207-34tzv3efpzftpnmbfybxfzxynq-story.html

Increasingly, college is becoming four years of partying and indoctrination between high school and the real world. Making it free will only make that worse.

The pain this woman endured is heartbreaking, yet the story is one of amazing compassion.
Continue reading “A story of great courage and sadness” →

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-reportedly-spoke-giuliani-unsecured-111957570.html

I know the president can declassify anything he wants, but does he have to talk to Putin, indirectly, about all his plans?
Continue reading “A whole new meaning to the term “party line”.” →

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/barrs-handpicked-prosecutor-tells-inspector-general-he-cant-back-right-wing-theory-that-russia-case-was-us-intelligence-setup/2019/12/04/17e084dc-16a9-11ea-9110-3b34ce1d92b1_story.html

The drooling anticipation by some of the Trump lovers around here for the looming bombshell “deep state” reports by IG Horowitz and U.S. Attorney John Durham was predicted – by me – to end in yet another bitter disappointment for those conned by Mr. Trump. It has. There is no there, there. There never was. At some point will embarrassment set in for those so eager to be gulled?

Antisemitism continues to spread around and through the western world. Ms. Weiss explains it quite well. Yet some here will say it is a nothing burger of some type. Or that it is only a European issue. But there are also notes in the piece about it occurring here as well.