Trump and "The Bomb": If He's the Most Dangerous President Ever, Why Isn't Anyone Talking About the Really Biggest Risks Re-election Will Bring?
If you read Fred Kaplan's new book "The Bomb" you will discover that despite the best efforts of some very qualified, competent presidents and their teams, we've come pretty close to blowing up the wo...
4 Feb 202041min
Put Away Your Sweatpants! The Jury of 100 Will Disappoint. On to the Jury of 130 Million!
The House Managers have done an extraordinary job in the Senate trial, led by the eloquence and brilliance of Adam Schiff. They have compellingly made the case that President Trump violated the law an...
31 Jan 202046min
A Pandemic Plus Donald Trump? What Could Go Wrong? Also: Is Joe Biden the Best Answer for Progressives?
The outbreak of coronavirus in China is rapidly emerging as a major global public health crisis? How bad might it get? How is our government doing in handling it? We talk to President Obama's ebola re...
29 Jan 202032min
While You Were Flipping Out About Impeachment, Armageddon Got a Little Closer
The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists recently pushed its Doomsday Clock closer to "midnight" than it has ever been. They did this because nuclear safeguards are disappearing, risks are growing and becaus...
28 Jan 202043min
Impeachment Surprise: Acquittal or Conviction Are Far From the Only Two Possible Outcomes of the Senate Trial
While the outcome of the Senate trial seems a foregone conclusion, even an acquittal might not be good news for President Trump. There are a whole range of long-term consequences of the current drama ...
24 Jan 202039min
Impeachment! Primaries! Elections! What if none of it really matters?
We're at one of the most fraught moments in American political history. The country is polarized. The president is going to trial. That president is one of the most polarizing figures the world has ev...
21 Jan 202043min
The Week in Trump: When Is a Trial Not a Trial, a Hoax Not a Hoax, and a Big Trade Deal Neither Big Nor a Trade Deal?
As the Senate impeachment trial looms, Republicans seem not to understand what a trial is. They don't want witnesses. They don't want evidence. They especially don't want witnesses or facts that might...
17 Jan 202057min
The Soleimani Killing Was the First Wag-the-Dog Episode of the Trump 2020 Campaign...Whose Dog Will Be Next?
The president has no foreign policy expertise, no advisors, no morals, no scruples and he is in deep political hot water at home. So naturally, he wags the dog with an attack on Iranian General Qassem...
13 Jan 202048min
