Why is a Hippo the Emotional Support Animal We All Need
The president's wife carries industrial strength disinfecting wipes wherever she goes because her man is a germaphobe. But when it comes to the growing ebola outbreak in Africa, he seems anything but...
24 Touko 201838min
Unicorns, Rainbows...and Mushroom Clouds: Team Trump's Foreign Policy Wish List
One thing about the tough guys in the Trump Administration, when it comes to foreign policy they sure do have colorful fantasies. Mike Pompeo's wish list for Iran is as far fetched as a fairy-tale bu...
22 Touko 201840min
Why Does a Tour of the Horizon These Days Feel So Much Like We're Circling a Drain?
So much for the Nobel Peace Prize. So much for the celebration in Jerusalem. So much for teaching those Iranians a lesson. So much for witch hunts. So much for so much that our heads are spinning....
17 Touko 201850min
Donald Trump Doubles Down on Foreign Policy: What Could Go Wrong?
With boatloads of trouble at home and a Congress unlikely to actually do anything between now and the election, Donald Trump needs to come up with some way to distract from the Mueller investigation a...
15 Touko 201847min
True Dat: In the Post-Truth World of Trump the Best Liar Seems Like the Most Honest Man
The president lies. He lies all the time. He can't help but lie. That's why his lawyers consider any move by Robert Mueller to be a perjury trap for Trump. Because any question Mueller and his tea...
10 Touko 201841min
If Only We Can Guess the Name, Maybe We Can Break the Spell: Is it...Trumplestiltskin?
It's a mad whirl these days with more mad than whirl going on. This week alone offers everything from the Iran deal (the one new NRA president Ollie North did back in the day) to the Iran deal (the o...
7 Touko 201844min
ACRONYMGASM: DOTMLPF-P, JCPOA, NPT PREPCOMS, MILFS, LBJ, IRT, THE YOUTH OF AMERICA ON L-S-D
How are we supposed to concentrate on nuclear weapons dramas in the Middle East and the Koreas, new U.S. special forces deployments, Bibi Netanyahu doing his best Gallagher prop-comedy impression and ...
3 Touko 201847min
There is a Game of 3D Chess Going On--The Question is Can Any World Leaders Actually Play?
Move are afoot--everywhere. In the Koreas, North and South are posturing pre-negotiations while back in the U.S. the president is writing his Nobel Prize acceptance speech. In the Middle East, Israe...
1 Touko 201856min
