Thoughts on Boston

It now involves the practical creation of an authoritarian state[.]

[T]here were no signs of any flag of peace in Alaska, just the prolonging of a tragic, fruitless war.

[T]rump has sent a message to every autocrat on the planet: aggression pays, and Western patience has its limits. History will harshly judge this capitulation dressed as diplomacy.

The Trump-Putin meeting was a victory for Russia’s positive diplomatic strategy and an admission that Moscow cannot be isolated.

When millions of once-loyal supporters become disillusioned with a party, there can only be one result: electoral disaster.

It is beyond cavil that there can be no lasting peace for Ukraine without iron-clad security guarantees.

While the reason being given by the U.S. for its warships being close to Venezuela is the war on drugs, this may be only partly true.

[T]he Washington Post documented 30,573 false or misleading claims Trump made during his first presidential term, an average of 21 per day.