People are asking me, “Who should I believe?” In the furious debate that has followed Attorney General Bill Barr’s four-page letter about Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller’s 300-page report, the many consumers of left-liberal (and NeverTrump right) opinion have to choose who is more credible: Glenn Greenwald, Matt Taibbi, and Michael Tracey? Or David Corn, Marcy...
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Why Is the U.S. in Venezuela?
That’s the question we discussed March 11 on CGTN’s show “The Heat.” Its pleasure to go on a show where the host and all the guests are well-informed. My bottom line: the danger for Venezuela is that U.S.-sponsored “democratic transition” will lead, not to democracy, but to a failed state.
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My Apologies to Maria Butina, a Trump-Russia Scapegoat
Last month in the New Republic magazine, veteran intelligence author James Bamford came to the defense of Maria Butina, the American University graduate student who has been often depicted as a Russian spy. I have done so on this blog. Bamford argued that Butina is not a spy but scapegoat for prosecutors with a weak...
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Rep. Ilhan Omar on Sanctuary, Safety, and Anti-Semitism
Two weeks ago, Rep. Ilhan Omar tweeted about the Israel lobby in a way that some construed as anti-Semitic. In reference to the powerful American-Israeli Political Action Committee, she tweeted, “It’s all about the Benjamins.” It was flippant in a way that critics could exploit, whether in good or bad faith. Omar apologized with a...
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Opposite of the Deep State
OPEN is an arresting new light installation at the Flagg Building in the heart of Washington DC. It is an open invitation: to think about power, visible and invisible, in the nation’s capital. Created by visual artist Robin Bell, OPEN uses projected light to refract and splinter omnipresent media images into flickering light sculptures that...