We’ve been living in the age of Neville Chamberlain. You remember Chamberlain, the fellow who (in 1938) negotiated away Czechoslovakia’s freedom so as to not upset Hitler. Let me explain. In a recent comedy-drama there’s a scene where one character tells the bad guy – with whom he is negotiating – what his first “bid” […]

The US is only now waking to the threat posed by those who’d use the cyber world to not only steal information (and money), but corrupt data, undermine our politics, and even cripple key industries and infrastructure. Developing cyber capabilities to defend against those nations, groups and individuals who would attack us is essential. Equally […]

So, your people walk in and lay a dossier on your desk; there’s a map, some pictures, a report from several spies, and a debrief from Prisoner X. The debrief is what started it all: he fingered a terrorist who’s plotting an attack on a US city, a large bomb, maybe a radioactive or “dirty” […]

Michael Caputo is a media strategist who worked for the Trump campaign. He was in the news last week commenting on the ongoing investigation by Robert Mueller and how it dramatically damaged his life: even though he was just called as a witness, the cost of dealing with the various legal issues has essentially bankrupted […]

Here’s an experiment: write down everything you’ll need for the next year. Everything: the simple stuff like how many boxes of oatmeal or toilet-paper rolls, and the hard stuff: how many new cell phones you’ll need because one broke or one was lost. How many times will the plumber need to come out to the […]

Last week President Trump imposed tariffs on, among other things, Chinese steel and aluminum, as well as placing restrictions on various investments by China in US markets. Commentary mainly seems to have come down in opposition to the move, noting the US has a $375 billion trade deficit with China; that many of our consumer […]

“…worn out with labor and sinking under the burdens of anxieties, (he) could not sustain his spirits, which shook within him with the apprehension of a new war and fresh encounters and dangers, the formidable character of which he knew by his own experience… he fell into despondency, nocturnal frights, and unquiet sleep… Above all […]

In case you missed it, two interesting things have happened in China over the last month or so: First comes news that President Xi is now, effectively, president for life. The Chinese constitution has been changed and he’s now set up until he wants to retire… Pretty good deal for him, not so much for […]

Assume for an instant that what’s been said about Mr. Trump is, in fact, true; he’s a megalomaniac, intent on seizing control of the government and ruling as de facto dictator. And if he did? What would you do about it? The vast majority of us would directly feel the loss of freedom, the loss […]

In an article the other day, after she won a gold medal, a reporter waxed lyrical about Chloe Kim. The author went to some pains to point out that Miss Kim is Korean-American. I protest. She isn’t. Neither are her parents. The Kims came to the US to be Americans. Yes, they were born in […]