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I’m skeptical of the 90% of the spin in the Wall Street Journal article which attributes this as a response to the Ukraine conflict.  The Chinese nuclear effort long predates Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but the U.S.’s wariness about getting directly involved in the war there has likely reinforced Beijing’s decision to put greater emphasis on…

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley didn’t hesitate to bash Trump, but he’s working overtime to protect Biden over the linkage between Afghanistan and Ukraine. When pressed by Sen. Marsha Blackburn, a Tennessee Republican, on the Afghanistan withdrawal and whether it played a part in Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine, Milley…

What happens when one party has total control over a state while its only form of political competitiveness comes from adopting increasingly leftist positions? California isn’t the only example, but it may be the single most notorious one. The idea of a 32-hour full-time work week is being debated in the California State Legislature. “Debated.”…

A little but premature, but not at all surprising. Former ABC News anchorman Peter Jennings compared Americans to “a nation of two-year olds” for voting for Republicans during the midterms. “Some thoughts on those angry voters. Ask parents of any two-year-old and they can tell you about those temper tantrums: the stomping feet, the rolling…

I predicted this when the story first broke though apparently one of the men was also suggesting that he had ties to Pakistani intelligence.  Investigators alleged Arian Taherzadeh, 40, and Haider Ali, 35, posed as various officers and employees of the U.S. government, including members of federal law enforcement agencies, since February 2020 and duped…

Apparently building Amtrak stations isn’t everything. This is awkward news for Biden who keeps using Delaware to invent a fake middle-class and local background. But people in Delaware are no more fond of Biden than anywhere else. The Civicqs survey says that Biden’s job approval is deep underwater in Delaware with 52% disapproving and only 38% approving.…

Not all that long ago any such efforts were stymied by administration pressure and the reluctance of NATO members. Now Slovakia is providing its S-300 defense system to Ukraine while we’re sending them Patriot missiles. And NATO is urging members to provide heavy weapons. Why the shift? The most obvious answer is that Russia is…