Madman of Chu

I genuinely don't envy Trump the choice that he faces in Iran. Bibi has very skillfully maneuvered him into a corner. I wish both Israel...

  "Liberation Day" has revealed how ill equipped all of our institutions are to deal with the second Trump administration. So many...

 The news broken yesterday by Jeffrey Goldberg , editor of  The Atlantic , that he had received top secret war plans and intelligence operat...

  Dear Senator Booker, Senator Kim, and Representative Smith,            I write to you as your constituent to express my outrage at the...

  I have been reading SPQR by Mary Beard in recent days, and in its light I can see that we live in very Ciceronian times. On January 20 ...

  A story has begun about the 2024 election, and it is likely to be perpetuated for many decades. It is the kind of plausible fallacy that g...

  History  is not a predictive science, so as a historian I can’t claim to have a crystal ball. But everything that I have learned from a li...

  CJ (Competent Journalist): Mr. Trump, you constantly claim that the 2020 election was stolen. That is a very serious accusation. Trump: ...

Like many I am excited to see the energy surrounding Vice President Kamala Harris. I have every confidence that she can defeat Donald Trump,...

  Dear President Biden,                   Like many Americans I have watched the disarray in the Democratic Party and in your campaign w...