Most of us know what the Ukrainian flag looks like now after a month of wall-to-wall coverage of Russia's onslaught against Ukraine.
A month ago the only ones who knew the name "Volodymyr Zelenskyy" were probably...
If you have been paying attention to media coverage of the Ukraine/Russia crisis, you may have noticed what looks like a capital letter "Z" painted on Russian convoy vehicles.
https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1495165367907409920
That mysterious symbol is also showing up...
One would assume Russian president Vladimir Putin's long-anticipated, unprovoked invasion of Ukraine would be the catalyst to unite both American political parties against a common foe.
Yet despite global democracies' condemnation of Putin, some members of...
President Joe Biden addressed the nation Monday about the events unfolding in Afghanistan.
https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1427365579145482246
No sooner did Taliban forces begin overrunning the beleaguered Middle Eastern country when critics both left and right of the political spectrum started...
Vt. Sen. Bernie Sanders said it best in his New York Times op-ed piece on Friday: "The U.S. must stop being an apologist for the Netanyahu government."
After more than a week of relentless Israeli bombardment...
For all the impressive ways Joe Biden has begun his first two and a half months in office, we must remember the ship of state is not a speedboat.
It's more like an ocean liner.
Reversing decades...
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 –...
In 2011, Donald Trump tweeted the following:
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/141604554855825408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Nearly a year later, he followed with:
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/255784560904773633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Two weeks later, Trump tweeted:
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/260421157201784832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
This indicates a lot about how Donald Trump thinks the way presidents win re-election.
Although Trump's prognostication about Barack Obama...
James Madison became our country’s first wartime president during The War of 1812, setting a precedent where no incumbent president has ever lost re-election during a time of war.
In 1846, President James Polk asked Congress...
“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...
Veterans Day celebrations are held all across the country. Vets received thanks for their service from young people on college campuses, and we were reminded of the implications of this day.
Veterans on average are subjected...
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...
Two weeks ago, President Donald Trump asserted U.S. military presence in Syria would end “very soon.”
Then Saturday's chemical strike in a rebel-held Damascus suburb, killing at least 42 people, motivated Trump to perform a volte-face in which he finally...
Even though Donald Trump's approval rating has ticked upward, it's still in pretty brutal territory. At last report, FiveThirtyEight pegged Trump's average approval rating at 41.4 percent--the lowest for a newly-elected president at this stage...
Donald Trump wants war.
In fact, he wants it so badly, he actually requested the Pentagon provide military options for sinking Iranian ships.
Fortunately, "cooler heads prevailed," as the saying goes.
According to the Washington Post on Wednesday, defense officials had...
One of the many things President Donald Trump has been accused of is having an affinity for dictators.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un notwithstanding, Trump has on numerous occasions praised autocratic heads of state for their "tough"...
Imagine the following:
A terrorist attack.
A new leader with a penchant for race baiting and berating the "liberal" press calls for immediate authority to clamp down on "enemies to freedom."
He blames his opponents for "weak, enabling...
The latest poll numbers are dismal for Republicans, with the so-called "generic ballot" showing Democrats with a double-digit lead over their GOP opponents if the midterm elections were held today.
But the news may be even...
