The last time we discussed this topic a few years back with our guest, the military, at least most branches, was struggling to meet its recruitment targets. And for an all-volunteer force deployed around the globe, that is not a good thing. The picture was a bit better in 2024, but the seismic changes at …
Robert Kaplan’s erudite take on the world’s geopolitical situation can be summed up in the manner described in our headline, but there is so much more nuance in his book “Waste Land: A World in Permanent Crisis” that you must read it for yourself to grasp the complexities of our fast-changing world in these illegible …
Donald Trump said he would end Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine on day one of his second Administration. While that date has come and gone, he is making moves to find a resolution to the conflict, but is it a continuation of the U.S.-led NATO effort on the side of Ukraine or has America …
When Professor Nancy Rosenblum joined us months back, she and Russell Muirhead had written a book called “Ungoverning” The Attack on the Administrative State and the Politics of Chaos.” Their case study was the first Trump Administration. And while every modern state is an administrative state, the bureaucracy at all levels of government has …
While the recent killing of the United Health Care CEO was a shocking and heinous act, it brought to the surface long held frustrations with our health care system in terms of access and costs. For some time, it has been hard to have a conversation with anyone who feels that our delivery system is …
For years, we have seen the richer get richer in America and the poor stagnate or lose economic ground. Even the 2024 election was won by Donald Trump because many who voted for him felt that the middle- class life they wanted was becoming out of reach, even though the macro-economic indices were saying things …
The Louvre. The Tower of London. The Parthenon. St. Peter’s Basilica. An all- inclusive resort in Bermuda. What do all of these places have in common? Well, they are fine to visit, but they are predictable and have been given the designation of ‘tourist traps.’ Often times we are fearful of going off-road and exploring …
For the first time in a decade, adult obesity in the United States dropped last year, according to a new study and researchers are continuing to determine the role that the dramatic rise in popularity of weight loss drugs, like Ozempic, Wegovy and Zepbound, has to do with that trend. Before 2023, between 2013-2022, obesity …
To say that there is a chill in the air at FBI HQ, and its field offices, is an understatement. Perhaps I should call HQ the future “Museum of the Deep State” on day one if Kash Patel is confirmed as its director, as he’s said publicly. Between firings, exposure of agents, analysts and others …
Our memories may be a bit foggy about what brought on the Great Recession of 2008, the worst American economic crisis since the Great Depression. Even George W. Bush, then president, asked his Treasury Secretary, Hank Paulson, to explain to him what went on and how it occurred. In his book, “2008: What Really Happened: …