by Dave Patterson | Jan 22, 2022 | Articles, Exclusive Member, Good Reads, Military Affairs, Opinion
Last November, Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Kathleen Hicks announced the Pentagon’s plan to fleet up with electric vehicles (EV), replacing all the approximately 170,000 “non-tactical” cars and trucks. The idea inside the five-sided building is to jump on President...
by Dave Patterson | Jan 21, 2022 | Articles, Exclusive Member, Good Reads, Military Affairs, Opinion
A drone attack by the Iran-backed Yemeni Houthi militia on Monday, January 17, hit an oil tanker storage area killing three people in the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.). The airstrike also caused a fire at Abu Dhabi’s international airport. It was another of many...
by Mark Angelides | Jan 21, 2022 | Articles, Good Reads, Media, Opinion
Discerning readers might assume the carnival that is the American press would deliver one of two options: current news, or information of interest to the audience. A rational observer would likely think President Joe Biden’s one-year anniversary in the White...
by Mark Angelides | Jan 20, 2022 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
Democrat efforts to avoid the filibuster for matters related to voting rights came to an abrupt, although unsurprising, end late Wednesday. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) attempted to make a rule change on January 19 that would require only a simple...
by Dave Patterson | Jan 20, 2022 | Articles, International, Opinion
During a marathon press conference on January 19, President Joe Biden’s off-the-cuff comments telegraphed the U.S. might temper its sanctions if Russia invades just a little bit of Ukraine. The president’s impromptu foreign policy crafting in front of the...