December 18, 2016

The CIA on Russian hackers: Intelligence estimates, or desperate political spin?

One needs an appreciation of the collection and analysis process that precedes a public announcement of a critical intelligence assessment, such as the recent charge by the CIA director that Russia interfered with our election and did so solely to ge...

November 2, 2016

Yet another candidate steps forward…but too late

A last-minute, virtually unknown conservative independent presidential candidate, Evan McMullin, declared his candidacy too late to be considered a credible candidate.  This is unfortunate, since he is a cut above the other candidates from eithe...

July 17, 2016

The presidential election now hinges on the veeps

This presidential election now hinges on the selection of the vice presidents and the impression of the entire package to voters. To begin with, the oddly feckless, passive Republican Party failed to come forth with a credible, vetted candidate. ...

May 19, 2016

Obama at Hiroshima

President Obama’s scheduled May 27 visit to Hiroshima, Japan underscores the fading memory of history by successive generations.  As decades pass, new political filters erase and attempt to rewrite the realities and suffering we experience...

April 1, 2016

The hidden dangers in Putin’s open skies request

Russia’s February 2016 request to fly reconnaissance aircraft loaded with high-tech digital sensors over the entire United States would seem reasonable under the Open Skies Treaty, signed in Helsinki in 1992 by the U.S. and 23 other countries a...

January 30, 2016

Poland defies Putin

Vladimir Putin killed Aleksandr Litvinenko.  The November 2006 assassination was no rogue hit.  Putin had the motive, means, opportunity, and power to see that this human irritant received his comeuppance.  I’ve said what everyon...

November 26, 2015

Airplane Black Boxes Can Reveal or Conceal a Crime

Poland’s new conservative government, elected in October and about to take office, is already showing its colors. The minister of foreign affairs-designate, Witold Waszczykowski, told the Polish broadcaster TVN24 on Tuesday that Poland will sue...