Honoring Otto Warmbier

Posted by on Aug 31, 2017 in Articles, Featured, Korea | 0 comments North Korea is not a tourist destination that I generally recommend for Americans. South Koreans have special reasons to visit the country – to see members of their divided families, to visit legendary places like Mt. Paektu, to experience an alternative Korean reality. Chinese tourists visit North Korea to get a taste of their own more austere Communist past. Humanitarian workers from a...
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Russia vs. Jobs

Posted by on Aug 31, 2017 in Articles, Featured, Russia and Eastern Europe | 0 comments Donald Trump’s approval ratings remain dismal, yet the Democrats are 0 for 4 in congressional elections in 2017. Not only do a majority of Americans believe that the president has tried to obstruct investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 elections but, by a 2 to 1 margin, Americans believe former FBI chief James Comey’s account of his firing over Trump’s version. And...
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Worst. 100 Days. Ever.

Posted by on Apr 28, 2017 in Articles, Featured, US Domestic Policy, US Foreign Policy | 0 comments If I were a Trump supporter, I’d be furious at the coverage of the president’s first 100 days. The mainstream media has engaged in a bout of competitive schadenfreude as headline writers and columnists vie for the distinction of deriving the most pleasure from the administration’s failures. Pundits and journalists have made much of the legislation unpassed, the positions unfilled, the...
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The Hunger President

Posted by on Apr 28, 2017 in Articles, Featured, Food, US Foreign Policy | 0 comments One death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic. The quote comes from Stalin. The policy comes from Donald Trump. Trump famously changed his policy on Syria after seeing photographs of a couple Syrian children killed by a chemical attack. It didn’t matter that the Syrian government had already killed thousands of children. In targeting the Assad regime, Trump was moved by the tragedy,...
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Trump and Russia: Shortest Reset Ever

Posted by on Apr 28, 2017 in Articles, Featured, Russia and Eastern Europe | 0 comments It has all the hallmarks of a compelling thriller. A U.S. president willing to put his reputation on the line in the interests of peace and prosperity prepares to reach out to Russia. The Kremlin shows some cautious interest. But before the president can propose anything substantial, his opponents do everything possible to derail his efforts. Worse, this “deep state” of operatives within...
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