We've likely all heard the cliche, "Every cloud has a silver lining." Triteness aside, like most hackneyed phrases, it bears some truth. Sometimes it takes a little effort to put a positive spin on unfortunate events, but...
The 1947 United Nations Headquarters Agreement requires foreign diplomats access to the headquarters in New York even if those diplomats represent countries with whom the U.S. has unfavorable or strained relationships. Citing "security, terrorism and foreign...
After the worst terror attack on American soil occurred on September 11, 2001, the typical neo-conservative war hawks, like then-Vice President Dick Cheney, began claiming former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein participated in the plot that...
In 2011, Donald Trump tweeted the following: In order to get elected, @BarackObama will start a war with Iran. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 29, 2011 Nearly a year later, he followed with: Now that Obama’s poll numbers are in tailspin –...
How might we react if we discovered a foreign country was working behind the scenes to privatize our public school system? How about if that country--or any other--were in cahoots with the White House to privatize...
Have you ever heard the saying, "Loose lips sink ships"? Donald Trump has a lot of bad qualities. But loquaciousness might be among his worst. A president must possess an enormous degree of restraint with sensitive information. One slip...
Donald Trump just proved once again why the United States under his regime cannot be trusted. In what the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and partner Kurdish militia, YPG, have characterized as a “blatant betrayal,” Trump decided...
Donald Trump is drowning. And what does one do when he's drowning? He flails around for anything to prevent him from going under. Last week's news of Trump’s treasonous conversation with Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky rocked the political milieu--despite...
All Embassy Protection Collective members want is to prevent military conflict with Venezuela. Since April 15, they have been holed up in the Venezuelan embassy in Washington, D.C. Outside, hundreds of Venezuelan émigrés support a U.S.-backed coup intent on...
"I can tell you I have the support of the police, the support of the military, the support of the Bikers for Trump–I have the tough people, but they don't play it tough—until they go...
We don't have to support either Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro or acting president Juan Guaido. Both can be equally odious. Our decision to insinuate ourselves on Guaido's side, however, has nothing to do with "overthrowing Socialism" or "bringing democracy." It has to...
Can you imagine if we discovered President Obama planned to sell nuclear technology to a foreign power against his national security staff's advice? Of course not. Yet, this is precisely what multiple whistle blowers are reporting, as is...
“5,000 troops to Colombia.” That's what National Security Adviser John Bolton had scrawled at the top of his notepad with which he walked into a briefing on Monday. Does that mean we're planning on sending soldiers to Columbia? Why...
This article was first published in Op-Ed News. In a perfect world, we would have accepted Mullah Mohammed Omar’s offer to capture and turn over Osama bin Laden if the United States agreed to end bombing in...
Is it any wonder Donald Trump trashed our NATO allies one week before he is to meet with Russian president Vladimir Putin? Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) said Wednesday on CNN's "New Day" that by distancing the United...
Last month, the world watched as North Korean President Kim Jong Un crossed the demilitarized zone (DMZ) into South Korea and shook hands with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, the first time since 1953 a...
Via video message at the opening ceremony for the controversial new American embassy in Jerusalem Monday, Donald Trump offered “a hand in friendship to Israel, the Palestinians and to all of their neighbors," concluding with "May there...
So much for "America first." It should come as no surprise, but since Donald Trump took office one year ago, the world's confidence in America's leadership has declined. According to a new Gallup poll, the United States...
While the White House continues to deny the Trump campaign had any contact or coordination with Russia during the 2016 election, a new report suggests that the National Rifle Association (NRA) may have been a...
Since it's been firmly established Russia did indeed hack and interfere in the 2016 election, Republicans are now either trying to discredit those who informed us of this fact or saying it's really not a big...