U.S. Politics

Here’s some good news for a change: the US has approved its third vaccine option–Johnson and Johnson’s single-dose shot–even as total daily vaccinations with the two-shot [...]

In the wee hours of February 26, American military forces in the Middle East carried out a handful of air strikes against Iranian paramilitary forces in Syria. To my knowledge it represents the [...]

I moved from Austin to Denver just under two years ago. Austin is a great city. Young, hip, great food, lots of outdoorsy stuff. But most of my free time is in the summer. So, I’d spend the [...]

(Parts I-VII of the series can be read here, here, here, here, here, here, and here) I don’t see China the way most do. Where others see a rising naval power, I see a trapped coastal [...]

(Parts I-VI of the series can be read here, here, here, here, here, and here) The second major international issue facing the incoming Joe Biden administration is that never-ending joy, the [...]

(Parts I-V of the series can be read here, here, here, here, and here) After sketching out what was intended to be the final installment of this series, I realized the world was in a lot more [...]

(Parts I-IV of the series can be read here, here, here, and here) My original plan (such as it was) for this series was to use Part V to break down the foreign crises the Biden administration [...]

(Parts I-III of the series can be read here, here, and here) Normally when I give presentations, I arrange my material based on the audience’s cultural norms. Americans are [...]

(Part I and II of the series can be read here and here) No political party of consequence in the United States has ever been single-issue. American electoral laws dictate that whoever gets one [...]

(Part I of the series can be read here) Starting within minutes of the January 6 riots, a variety of tech platforms began blocking posts by President Donald Trump. Within three days nearly all [...]