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…
Author: Steve
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…
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…
When the Nation Gets Crazy, I Need to Get Back to Basics
Welcome back! It’s been a long time since I’ve published, but there has been lot going on in the world and behind the curtain here at RealGeopolitik. In addition to doing some work in Jordan, I’ve engaged in an absurd…
How much money would you wager that your facts are correct?
A very interesting study indicates that otherwise dogmatic people seem far less convinced of the accuracy their factual beliefs when money is at stake. A short piece worth much consideration is here.
Food for Thought for Those Who Don’t Like an Uber-Partisan Nation
Most of us have at least one issue about which we feel so strongly that it will often sap reason from our discourse on it. In light of that fact, the following paraphrase from Bloomberg’s Megan McArdle is worth consideration…
Here’s Why Your Friends Say Crazy Things Online
You know what I’m talking about. You know exactly who the offenders are in your Facebook feed. You have friends who like to talk about or post things on politics, religion, or nearly anything else. And you can’t believe how…