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The Mattis Letter
Friday, December 21, 2018
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE 3000 DEFENSE PENTAGON WASHINGTON, DC 2030i 41060 December 20, 2018 Dear Mr. President: I have been privileged to serve as our country’s 26th Secretary of Defense which has allowed me to serve alongside our men and women …
Jaw Meet Floor
Wednesday, January 25, 2017
Journalists are some of the most honest people there are. Truth and honesty is their currency. It’s their passion. “What’s the truth here?” If they lie, or get something seriously wrong, they get fired. American journalists don’t like it when …
The Small President
Thursday, December 15, 2016
No personal slight is too small for the next President of the United States. Donald Trump reopened an old feud this week, tweeting, “Has anyone looked at the really poor numbers of @VanityFair Magazine. Way down, big trouble, dead! Graydon Carter, …
The Cuba Diaries
Sunday, March 13, 2016
Havana, March 4-12, 2016. — You learn a little something about Cuba before you even board the airplane in Miami. The Cubans who are allowed to visit the States return with giant plastic-wrapped bundles of goods they can’t buy at …
An Alphabet of Maladies
Friday, February 26, 2016
Donald Trump says Mexican immigrants are a threat to America. Ted Cruz swears that a Democratic president will erase the Second Amendment. Marco Rubio warns that the fall election is a battle for the soul of America. Aren’t they watching …
The Healthcare Confusion Act
Thursday, January 7, 2016
They should have called Obamacare the Healthcare Confusion Act. The real scandal of healthcare reform is not whether it has raised or lowered costs, or if it’s a government takeover of health insurance. The failure of Obamacare is that when …
Freedom from Speech
Wednesday, November 11, 2015
If you believe in free speech, don’t go to college. What happened at the University of Missouri in Columbia this week shows that a lot of college students and even some of their faculty don’t believe in the exchange of …
Too Big to Fire
Friday, June 19, 2015
Only in television news can you rehab your own people on television news. NBC’s disgraced Brian Williams sat for a soul-searching interview with Today’s Matt Lauer to explain and apologize for his fabulist storytelling before he returns to the NBC …
More Probable Than Not
Thursday, May 14, 2015
The suspension of the New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady from the start of next fall’s NFL season is one of the best things to happen to sports since Tivo let us all go to the bathroom. Professional sports …
A Hero in His Own Mind
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
The walls of my office at home are decorated with pictures mostly of myself. There I am standing in front of a Western wildfire and posing with Gen. Chuck Yeager, the man who broke the sound barrier. I have a …
