The Urban Curmudgeon
growls from Manhattan
Lindsey Graham was recently on Meet the Press, lauding the president for his possibly successful attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities. He worked so hard, I began to wonder how far he’d really go for a couple of hours of free greens fees.
So, Trump invaded Yemen, blasting the Houthis for their involvement in piracy in the Gulf. Yeah, Yemen. That’s about his speed. He won’t stand up to Russia or China, not when he can kiss their asses. But, like any other bully, he
Many who watched sadistic bully, Donald Trump, firing contestants on The Apprentice, recognized him for what he was, a dangerous sociopath who got off on showing his bought and paid for superiority on his own show. Many got a vicarious thrill by
There seems to be a strategy that Donald and the rest of the Trump administration has adopted, which reads, “Do anything you want, regardless of whether or not you think it’s legal, the courts will then straighten it out and you may
Fareed Zakaria asks the great ISIS question: Why do they hate us? The answer is very simple. They don’t, at least not just us. Islamic terrorists have been killing people all over the world for the last two centuries. In fact, most
A couple of days back, Donald Trump, not my favorite president-elect, took a congratulatory call from the President of Taiwan. Most people would say, what’s the big deal but it seems to have ruffled a hell of a lot of feathers both
One looks around at the attacks against our current foreign policy and one listens to all the complaints about how it is being conducted and one wonders; does anyone who writes in the media or schemes in Washington ever read any
The Iran nuclear deal is set to be signed this week. It’s a deal that has been incorrectly attacked by the GOP for its entire gestating period. The International Nuclear Committee has agreed that all the terms of the agreement have
Finally a studied intelligent look at what is going on in the Middle East and what our President can do about it. Retired Four Star General Wesley Clark spoke to this situation over the weekend and his clear facts and lack
After watching the people of Paris reclaim their city, followed by our cowardly reaction to the terrorists in San Bernardino, it occurred to me that the reaction in Paris is exactly what should be happening here. Over there, despite the attacks, they