A few weeks ago, a friend of a dear friend asked me, “Does the Balfour Declaration prove the state/country for the Jews did not belong to them and was mostly a Palestinian area under British control?” It’s an interesting question…
Words Are Not Sufficient – They Must Move Us Toward Something That Is. I Hope Those You Read Here Will.
A humanitarian disaster of generational proportions is unfolding as I write this. At the same time that it started last Friday night, I came down hard with bronchitis. It was literally the same time that Hamas was crossing the barrier/containment…
It Sounds To Me Like President Trump Waived His Attorney-Client Privilege
From the Washington Post this evening: “Nevertheless, Trump has repeatedly expressed an eagerness to sit down for a voluntary interview to answer Mueller’s questions — a move [his attorney John] Dowd believed would be a mistake, according to a longtime…
The Firing of Andrew McCabe Is More Than Meets the Eye
By firing McCabe, Trump has significantly bolstered his attorneys’ ability to credibly argue that any testimony McCabe might give which is harmful to Trump’s interests is motivated primarily by McCabe’s desire to get revenge on Trump for stripping away his…
Prediction: The New Arithmetic
We’re ten weeks into the Trump administration, and we already have the first guy (General Michael Flynn) trying to strike an immunity deal. Here’s my prediction: The probability of the Democrats having a two to four-term run at the White…
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The Trump Pamphlet, Vol. 1: An Appalling Violation, An Immoral Shunning
I long wondered what the first blatantly, undeniably unconstitutional act of President Trump would be. Perhaps many of his actions in his first week could be argued to be unlawful, but today we have something that stands out clearly and cannot…