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The U.S. Intelligence Community’s Annual Threat Assessment released early this month leaves one wondering if our intelligence wonks are too naïve for their jobs or talking in code. Somehow, their intelligence pertains mostly to foreign countries while ignoring similar
Read moreLast week, the U.S. Intelligence Community issued its Annual Threat Assessment. It cited the usual suspects – China, Russia, Iran, North Korea – as our most determined adversaries. It even gave lip service to the climate crisis and other
Read moreEuropeans fleeing religious persecution or seeking better lives arrive on a foreign shore, defeat the local inhabitants, claim a manifest destiny to occupy their lands, dispossess the natives of their property, declare them second-class residents and herd them into
Read moreLast week, in a rare act of foreign policy sanity, the U.S. joined other United Nations Security Council members in criticizing Israel for its ongoing policy of planting settlements and settlers in West Bank territory. The vote followed
Read moreWhen is extending the debt ceiling not a debt ceiling crisis for Republicans? When they are the party in power, when scuttling the economy worse than their normal policies do might be a political depth charge. Except for
Read moreI once envisioned a new feudalism where gated communities and large estates evolved into fortresses to protect the super rich from those whose labor created their wealth. We do have armed compounds of crazies who spout “liberty” when
Read moreI live alone in a small brick home in a neighborhood almost as old as I am. In most parts of the world, three generations would consider my abode a place of luxury – running water, heat, even air
Read moreWell, Oklahoma Democrats got smoked again (and some pollsters now have zero credibility). In 2014, State Sen. Joe Dorman, with little name recognition outside his district, pulled 41percent of the statewide vote. In 2018, former Attorney General Drew Edmondson
Read moreThe shameless sham shuffles on. World leaders have descended on Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, for another United Nations climate summit. COP(out)-27 promises delegates a great stay at one of Egypt’s prime resorts, “known for its sheltered sandy beaches, clear waters
Read moreWith state voters getting a clear picture of his anti-education platform, Republican state school superintendent candidate Ryan Walters has resorted to another big GOP lie to try to rally supporters to his cause. How can you tell if
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