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Thirty years ago Americans endured an absurd expansion of the US nuclear-weapon force under President Reagan.  The announced weapons modernization program was accompanied by a huge increase in the military…

As Trump’s world collapses around him—abandoned by CEOs, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, several key Republicans in Congress, and some in the conservative news media—it’s time to see him for…

The problem with Donald Trump’s “fire and fury” statement on North Korea isn’t merely that it intensifies an already tense situation.  Nor is it just another example of Trump’s inappropriate,…

History may record that the planet’s climate crisis was avoided thanks to the efforts of three countries: China, Germany, and France.  Or not.  The preparedness of those three, and the…

Jared Kushner’s latest revision of his financial picture reveals a very wealthy man, and couple, who continue to profit enormously from the Trump presidency.  But beyond the numbers lies the…

With the revelation today (July 11) that Donald Trump, Jr. leaped at the opportunity to find some dirt on Hillary Clinton, we have our first clear idea of what his…

During the Cold War, the US military and the CIA were involved in a multitude of “indirect” interventions in developing countries.  A few—most dramatically and tragically, Vietnam—evolved from a supporting…

President Obama’s engagement with Cuba was one of his administration’s success stories.  The policy shift was based on the entirely realistic as well as humanitarian assessment that permanent estrangement deepens…

The leaders of both parties are divided on numerous matters, but on one critical piece of business they seem united: keep Donald Trump in office.  That rather extraordinary, and by…

On May 30 President Trump tweeted that Russia is “laughing at the U.S.”  If so, it is because the ordinary social and economic agenda of the US government is being…

True to form, President Trump has pulled the US out of the Paris accord on climate change, joining Syria and Nicaragua as the only non-participating states.  He got an earful…

Donald Trump’s visit to NATO headquarters last week was consistent with two of his foreign-policy views: the need to pursue close relations with Russia, and skepticism about NATO's utility. Despite…