1) “North Korea now has the ability to hit almost anywhere in the world with an intercontinental continental ballistic missile (ICBM), U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis said on Tuesday. The comments came in response to what the U.S. Department of Defense has assessed to have been DPRK intercontinental continental ballistic missile (ICBM) launch earlier […]

Some Alabama viewers see only barrage of ads by Moore’s Democratic opponent Doug Jones If there’s one area that Republican disunity is more apparent than in its failure to repeal Obamacare, it’s the party’s reception of Alabama judge Roy Moore’s election problem, which jeopardizes its hold on the Senate. Doug Jones, the Democratic candidate in […]

Joe Biden loves to fondle little girls A current popular Democratic Party meme is that if Joe Biden had run against Trump in 2016 he would have won and that if he runs in 2020 against Trump he will win. One skeptic has posted a YouTube video that, in the current anti-child-molesting environment wouldn’t bode […]

Once again Jerusalem Post columnist Caroline Glick has the “must read” summary of where things stand vis-a-vis the US, Russia, Iran, and Turkey in the Mideast, post-Sochi. A useful if less insightful summary is provided by this article in al-Monitor. Predictably for an Arab source, the journalist quotes an anonymous “senior Gulf diplomat stationed in […]

Two US allies — Egypt and India — were attacked yesterday by state-sponsored terrorism. An attack on an Egyptian mosque in the Sinai killed at least 305 worshippers. Although no terrorist group has acknowledged sponsorship for the murderous assault, its likely purpose is to discredit and destabilize Egypt’s anti-Muslim Brotherhood government led by President Sisi. […]