Every time that the U.S. conducts airstrikes against ISIS in Iraq and Syria it issues a press release, which the media immediately reproduces, telling us that bombs were dropped, ISIS targets were destroyed, and all planes departed safely. With so much destruction under way, the reader is left with the impression that much progress is being made, … Continued
Republican Party Chairman Reince Priebus debuted the GOP’s list of 11 “Principles for American Renewal” in a bring-back-the-90s speech that tried to recall the party’s Contract with America. Its first “new” principle is that “our constitution should be preserved, valued and honored.” Yet unlike his other “principles,” Priebus has absolutely no suggestions about what this one … Continued
President Obama may have been forced to back down from his threat to bomb the Assad regime in Syria last year after a massive public outcry, but that doesn’t mean it ever left the agenda. Within less than a week of bombing of ISIS, the U.S. is already considering imposing a “no-fly zone” against the … Continued
