APB – Page 5 – In the Human Interest – Mel Gurtov

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APB: Momentum for Talks with North Korea?

Possibly, just possibly, a new momentum for direct US-North Korea discussions is developing. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson provided some of it when, in a talk at the Atlantic Council…

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Impeach Trump? Nancy Pelosi vs. Tom Steyer

Note to Readers: The following letter to the editor was written by Larry Kirsch, an economist and good friend living in Portland, and me. The letter follows on Tom Steyer’s…

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APB: Some Recommended Reading and Viewing

21 Nov 201723 Nov 2017

Dear Readers: Here are 4 items I've added to the "RECOMMENDED" list (down the right side) on the website, with their links. Please take a look, and while you're there,…

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APB: What We Get Wrong About Donald Trump

The election of Donald Trump was a severe blow to rational thinking. We—and I include many traditional conservatives as well as liberals of all stripes—were so certain that the American…

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Farewell, Steve Bannon

23 Aug 201722 Aug 2017

Steve Bannon’s rise to fame and (some) power was at least as much the product of the media as of his intellect. He proffered various cockamamie ideas about the Deep…

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A Proposal to Move From Threats to Talks with North Korea

11 Aug 201710 Aug 2017

What might it take to create a breakthrough to resumption of US-North Korea talks? The experiences of prior diplomacy suggest an answer: a special emissary of the president to meet…

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APB: Rex Tillerson Speaks on North Korea

4 Aug 20174 Aug 2017

On August 1 Secretary of State Tillerson gave his first press briefing since taking office. He spoke mainly about North Korea policy. It is a perfectly sensible statement, containing none…

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APB: The US-China-North Korea Tangle

It’s not too early to sound alarm bells about the downward turn in US-China relations. Trump’s evident frustration with China over its presumed failure to rein in North Korea has…

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Comey’s Testimony

Let me try to put into a few hundred words the bottom-line meaning of James Comey’s testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee: The president of the US is a liar…

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Bad Joke?: Trump on Putin’s Payroll (May 18, 2017)

A recorded conversation involving the House Republican leader, Kevin McCarthy of California, and House Speaker Paul Ryan, on June 15, 2016: McCarthy: . .…

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Corruption 101

The Trump administration can legitimately lay claim to being the most corrupt in US history. I certainly would vote for that distinction! Not because of the amount of money involved,…

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Jared Kushner and the Filthy Rich

26 Apr 201726 Apr 2017

Jared Kushner is seen everywhere but never heard. Protected by his father-in-law and by being an appointee not subject to Senate confirmation, Kushner is the president's leading adviser, having acquired…