Republicans heaved a sigh of relief when Reince Priebus was ‘selected’ by Trump as his chief of staff in November 2016. The selection was somewhat of a surprise given that…
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Trump’s wink and a nod to the neo-Nazis and other white supremacists after the Charlottesville death, was quickly stamped on by some at the White House, notably John Kelly, Trump’s…
The paradox of tolerance was first described by Karl Popper in 1945 in his book ‘the Open Society and its Enemies’1. It states that if a society is tolerant without…
In the early 1990s, I had the opportunity to travel to Russia, which was only the third time I had been overseas and the first time I had been outside…
One of the numerous disturbing things about the Trump White House is the apparent lack of concern about the rise of white supremacists. This was brought home recently by the…
Over the last 30 years or so, North Korea has developed its rocketry capability from unguided rockets like those used by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) during the…
The Special Counsel, Robert Mueller, who is heading the investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 US election, and possible collusion with the Trump campaign, has impanelled a Grand Jury…
In February, I looked at the possible methods for getting rid of Donald Trump1. These of course included impeachment, removal because of inability to discharge office and the Salazar solution….
Reinhold Richard (‘Reince’) Priebus has just been given the bum’s rush after serving as the White House chief of staff for Donald Trump for just over 6 months. Although Trump…
