There are two different paths for political leadership to take in reviewing their past decision-making, current events, and prospects in upcoming elections. The first is to never admit a mistake and to always blame the opposition for the failure of any policy, or election result. This approach ...
In December, the Trump administration released its foreign policy blueprint, the National Security Strategy (NSS). It calls for a “Trump Corollary” to the Monroe Doctrine, with the U.S. dominating our sphere of influence (the Americas) while conceding other spheres to China and the ...
Lawyers are the brunt of many jokes, often deservedly so. Members of my profession tend to be brash, overconfident, and unemotional. Far too often we give advice and fail to listen. Our legal training focuses on becoming zealous advocates for our clients. Attorneys are not trained to be ...
Years ago, I was asked a question that stayed with me: What good came from the Marianna coal mining disaster in 1908 that killed 154 miners? At first, I couldn’t imagine anything meaningful could follow such horror. More than a hundred children became orphans, dozens of women lost their ...
Indeed, “dead on arrival” would be the most apropos way to characterize the chances of Gov. Josh Shapiro’s proposed fiscal 2026-27 Pennsylvania budget being adopted by the General Assembly. For it is far more remarkable for the economic fallacies it promulgates than sound fiscal ...
Did Steve Wittkoff and Jared Kushner blow it? The friend and son-in-law respectively of Donald Trump were negotiating with the Iranian government on a new nuclear deal when U.S. and Israeli bombs began bolting from the skies above that country's military and security installations; in one ...
