Are We Reading Trump Correctly?The question is not whether President Trump is corrupt, vain, or dangerous. That is settled. The real question now is whether we are…16h agoA response icon116h agoA response icon1
Toward a Working Lexicon of Strategic AnalysisStrategic analysis is not a mood; it is a language. If you do not have precise words for what you are seeing, you will end up seeing what…1d ago1d ago
You Know Trump Is “One Gross Son-of-a-Bitch” When Even Epstein Found Him FoulThe newly released Epstein emails have finally given language to something that many of us saw years ago, long before any written evidence…2d ago2d ago
The Counterspell: How To See Through The Kremlin Cloud Around President TrumpThere is a Russian cloud over American politics. It is not a metaphorical mood but an engineered field: a deliberate haze of ambiguity…3d ago3d ago
Don Bacon’s Hedging Is a ConfessionGOP Congressman Don Bacon’s hedging is a confession. It reveals three things at once: he knows President Trump’s positions are…3d ago3d ago
The “Nuclear Wind” Between Trump and Putin Is LegibleThe “nuclear wind” is legible. Read with an intent-first lens, the late-October to mid-November flare of nuclear talk is not a mystery but…4d ago4d ago
Why Western Elites Don’t Fault RussiaThesis. Western elites tolerate the Kremlin not out of naivety but affinity. Hyper-neoliberalism — the ideology that wealth equals virtue…4d ago4d ago
The Accident Test: Why Russia’s Energy Troubles Aren’t “American-Made”If U.S. sanctions were the decisive cause of Russia’s current energy squeeze, President Trump would be trumpeting it every hour. He is not.4d ago4d ago
How John Fetterman’s Inclusion in the Gang of Eight Is a Worrying SignThe Senate’s November 9 vote to reopen the government produced an outcome that divided Democrats and stunned the party’s base. Eight…5d ago5d ago
The Nuclear Escalation Between Trump and Putin Is a LieThe current spectacle of nuclear threats between President Trump and Vladimir Putin is not a genuine confrontation but pure show: kabuki…6d ago6d ago
