An Israeli airstrike on Iran went down yesterday. it was launched from Israel to strike an Iranian air defense system provided by Russia. That is the assessment of Western and Iranian officials as the attack radiated all sorts of messaging between the two maneuvering regional powers. The official account of the strike claimed the Israelis […]

You may have heard that our Congress saw fit to pass an “Aid Bill” yesterday. It is a little complicated, since the total foreign aid package is a little south of $100 Billion bucks. the pckage includes three discrete Bills, the largest of which is destined for Ukraine, at right around $61 Billion. The remainder […]

We got the above image in the morning digital traffic. It represents the near conclusion of a series of tales that stream back most of a century. Christine, the superb lay-out and format Queen at Open Book Design to fold some old pictures as a bold and dynamic cover for the new release. Note the […]

Juror 4 was the one yesterday. He/they became momentarily famous on his departure from the “accepted” status on the New York Trump legal proceeding. We now know all sorts of things about his circumstance. We don’t recall ever knowing this much about participants selected for individual juries. We are sure there have been some, but […]

We looked around out on The Patio this morning and there were no lumps of steaming, unexplainable phenomena strewn about. The matter of the impeachment of DHS Secretary Mayorkas seems to have passed without event late yesterday. Senator Schumer, forthright Majority Leader, did not permit the matter to get to a “trial.” This seems a […]

Ugh. We have to start with the disclaimer this morning. We have been waiting for the Israeli response to Iran’s startling weekend rocket assault. Part of the discussion echoed the mumbling on the other side of the River here in Your Nation’s Capital. Like many others, we are a little unclear as to who is […]

We were bitching generally about the fact that last Monday was a day of note, and it wasn’t because it was Tax Day. There was some distraction on that matter, since there appeared to be an imminent spike of activity in the Israeli response to the Iranian rocket strike over the weekend. It is deeper […]

(NewYork City District Attorney Alvin Bragg makes a point about his Drag. Image AP) In all the other excitement, this important bit of the chaos was sidelined as the new week opened. It was not hard to peel the layers back in urgency, since it began with the threat of regional war in the Middle […]