Churchill had a great line about the USA. “You can always count on the Americans to do the right thing, but only after exhausting all other alternatives.” When I think of how it sometimes takes our Country a while to get things right, I remember how those who wanted to keep fighting in Vietnam would

CNN reported over last weekend that the total dead from the Ukraine War are 180,000 Russian dead and 100,000 Ukrainian dead. Also, CNN reported the USA spent $100 Billion helping Ukraine in the last year. As Former Senator Everett Dirksen would say, “A $100 Billion here and a $100 Billion there, after a while you’re

Whenever I think of Henry Kissinger, I think of Harvard and, specifically the “Harvard Cheer.” As I recall, it goes something like this: “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again. But, after a while, give up and don’t be obnoxious about it.” Henry has been up and about lately. Writing an article

Maybe Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi made Zelensky an offer he couldn’t refuse. Like, for instance, an opportunity to speak to a Joint Meeting of the Congress. Nancy has sole control of the House Floor until January 3, 2023. Time was of the essence. She’s not going to give that away. Please. Nancy Pelosi didn’t

I just finished writing a piece on Ukraine that didn’t get it done. So, I thought for a few minutes and two names popped into my head. John McEnroe and the late Joan Rivers. Two people who spoke their minds, no matter the consequences. I remember Johnny Mac at Wimbledon “You cannot be serious” and

Want what? The United States of America. Our country. Where we live. The place we call home. It’s not a perpetual motion machine. It doesn’t run itself. It’s a volitional organism. Its not guaranteed to last forever. It came into existence by an act of will. Blood was shed. We almost came undone in the

It’s a thing. People who know nothing, suddenly know everything. If you don’t love Ukraine more than life itself you are totally unhip. If you’re on your way to Ukraine to help you’ve got superstar status. Secret handshake to follow. As John McEnroe would say “You cannot be Serious.” I support most of the Biden

Russia is an anomaly. It’s too big. Nearly twice the size of the next biggest country in the world, Canada, with a population less than that of Bangladesh. Russia is in a war where they can’t afford to win or lose. Putin has forty miles of military vehicles stuck in the mud because he violated

That is the one word description of Vladimir Putin’s behavior by Robert Gates probably the one person in the USA that knows Russia and Putin better than any other. Gates joined the CIA in 1966 and served as its Director under Republican and Democrat Presidents and as our Secretary of Defense under George W. Bush

The Bear is Putin and he can’t quite get his story straight. He feels, in his gut, that Ukraine is really part of Russia but he doesn’t know how to say so, convincingly. Every time he gets ready to find a reason to start some high-intensity pushing and shoving in Ukraine, Jake Sullivan stools the