Op-Ed: The Iranian General I Never Knew
CNBC
There is another story about the killing of an Iranian general. And unlike Qasem Soleimani, he wasn’t an enemy of the U.S.
President Trump, by pulling out of the Iran deal essentially pulled the ...
A Very Elegant Coup – ‘All the Shah’s Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror’
Wayback Machine
BOOK REVIEW — All The Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror, by Stephen Kinzer
In the summer of 1953, the CIA and Britain's MI6 arranged a coup in Tehran. ...
The World Is Abandoning America
The Week
For three years, President Trump has tried to disentangle the United States from the burdens of world leadership. This week, it appears he has succeeded.
One of the most notable aspects of ...
Iran Crisis: Why Gulf Arabs Increasingly See US as a Liability
The Christian Science Monitor
Blindsided. Exposed. Anxious. Exasperated.
Such are Gulf Arab leaders as they fly to Washington, Tehran, and European capitals to contain the fallout from the U.S. ass...
Opinion: Sierra Tree Deaths Punctuate Climate Urgency
When the Navy brought me to California in 1990, I immediately fell in love with the beauty of the backcountry and the trees of San Diego County. In fact, the majesty of sugar pines 6 foot in diameter, the enorm...
Trump Does Not Have a Foreign Policy. He Has a Series of Impulses.
The Washington Post Subscription
Three months ago, President Trump suddenly withdrew U.S. forces from northern Syria that were, in part, thwarting Iran’s efforts to dominate the country, declaring, “Go...
Can San Francisco Be Fixed?
Curbed San Francisco
From afar, San Francisco’s skyline looks pristine and thriving. But take a closer look. From how we interact with each other to vivid displays of the widening divide between rich a...
Mayor Brand Launches Assault on Second Amendment: Bredefeld
The misguided Brand administration is at it again — now attacking our Second Amendment Rights!
The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees “… the right of the people to keep and bear Arms…” and ...
Donald Trump Wants to Curb Iran. Has He Gone About It the Right Way?
The Economist Subscription
Masterstroke or madness?
The Killing of Qassem Suleimani by an American drone on January 3rd threatened to bring the United States and Iran closer to war than at any time ...
The Media Should Spotlight a Different Kind of War Expert: Those Who Voted ‘No’ on Iraq
The Washington Post Subscription
There she was: Judith Miller, the former New York Times reporter most closely identified with the paper’s flawed reporting in the run-up to the Iraq War, chattering awa...
