A different kind of 'Californication'

Feb 03, 2018 at 08:00 am by clervin

Nullification, tried by John C. Calhoun and South Carolina against President Andrew Jackson and the federal government, and a few times since, is back! The state of Californi.... Read More

Part II: Trump at the one-year mark: This is what winning looks like

Jan 29, 2018 at 02:00 pm by clervin

Obamacare: If you listen to the media, the Senate’s failure to pass health care reform legislation represents a failure for the Trump agenda. Actually, progress has been.... Read More

Part I: Trump at the one-year mark (A response to David Limbaugh)

Jan 29, 2018 at 01:00 pm by clervin

With all due credit to satirist David Limbaugh, this is a good point in which to reflect on the past year in politics and government. Jan. 20, 2018 marked the one year annive.... Read More

Trump's reported affair: It isn't about values

Jan 26, 2018 at 08:54 am by clervin

Regardless of which party you identify with, it isn’t really about values. Both sides of the political debate only preach values when it’s convenient for them-clai.... Read More

Trump's National Security Strategy Part II

Jan 19, 2018 at 02:00 pm by clervin

President Donald J. Trump has announced a national security strategy that could be described as a kind of mercantilist realpolitik. It advocates neither a liberal democr.... Read More

Why Donald Trump's foreign policy is the wisest in years

Jan 18, 2018 at 04:00 pm by clervin

Two current news items illustrate the shift in U.S. foreign policy strategy from President Obama to Trump and why, contrary to the chicken-little prognostications of so-called.... Read More