It’s difficult to look beyond Trump, as he demands so much of our attention, and rightfully so, but the issue we’re facing right now is far bigger than him. We live in a time of great uncertainty and fear, and people, not just in America, but across the globe, are beginning to gravitate toward authoritarianism. […]
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Is Putin right when he says that “Western-style liberalism” is “obsolete”?
Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Rants, Uncategorized Also tagged America First, anti-immigrant, armageddon, authoritarianism, border security, border wall, Climate Change, concentration camps, dictators, Donald Trump, Donald Tusk, drought, European Council, famine, fear, fear mongering, G20, global climate change, Global Warming, human rights, immigration, Ivanka Trump, Jamal Khashoggi, Japan, Kim Jong Un, legitimizing dictators, liberalism, Mohammed bin Salman, NATO, North Korea, oligarchs, Osaka, Pearl Harbor, Russia, Saudi Arabia, southern border, The Origins of Totalitarianism, threats to journalists, Vladimir Putin 213 Comments
The generals who serve Trump, why they do it, and at what cost
An interesting question was posed in the Washington Post today… “Is it still possible to honorably serve in the Trump administration?” The article was inspired in large part by a recent profile of Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis in the New Yorker, which included the following passage. …When Mattis asked Michèle Flournoy, the former Undersecretary […]
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Donald Trump, facts, Fresh Air, generals, George Orwell, H.R. McMaster, Jim Mattis, John Kelly, Leon Panetta, Michael Flynn, Michèle Flournoy, national security, Pentagon, post-truth, reality, Sean Spicer, Tom Ricks, Winston Churchill 5 Comments