April 10, 2017

Republicans in Congress Go Nuclear to Tip the Balance of the Court They got their man. Neil Gorsuch was confirmed to the Supreme Court on Friday, on a party line […]

April 9, 2017

Trump Orders Missile Strike, Signaling a New Policy in the Region There is a new Sheriff in town… In a clear reversal of policy, the President ordered an airstrike on […]

March 27, 2017

The American Care Act Goes Down in Flames It looks like they really were the “Party of No” after all. In a truly epic fail, the Republican replacement for the […]

March 5, 2017

Looking Into the Russia Connection The drip, drip dripping of inconvenient revelations continue to plague the new administration. The Russian connection has undergone a new round of scrutiny this week, […]

March 1, 2017

The presidency is back on course, for now anyways. President Trump did his best impersonation of a sensible politician last night in his first State of the Union address. The […]

February 21, 2017

The Hijacking of our National and Foreign Policy Agenda “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” ― Edmund Burke   Winning can […]

February 18, 2017

Big Data Meets Big Government If there is one thing that this administration understands, it is the power of persuasion. Technology and social media enabled more targeted methods of persuading voters, […]

February 13, 2017

Gerrymandering is the True Threat to Our Democracy Our nation stands today as a house divided. This did not occur on accident. Politicians are increasingly reinforcing the rift by using […]

February 8, 2017

Is Donald Trump Running a “Shock and Awe” Campaign on the American Public?   The U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003 introduced the concept of “Shock and Awe” into the […]

February 5, 2017

Trumps’s Muslim Ban Is Facing Some Serious Legal Challenges A Federal Judge here in Seattle ordered an immediate halt to President Trump’s ban on travelers from predominantly Muslim countries on […]