by Tim Donner | Aug 24, 2021 | Articles, Biden Administration, Good Reads, Opinion
As Joe Biden and his top advisers begin counting down to the deadline for withdrawal from Afghanistan, now just one week away, they are relying on a reservoir of Taliban goodwill to somehow bail out the reeling president. To call this an embarrassing, tenuous, even...
by Graham J Noble | Aug 23, 2021 | Articles, Good Reads, Media, Opinion
It is now very clear, if it wasn’t already, that the current occupant of the White House is particularly thin-skinned. As the Afghanistan debacle finally seems to have the press prioritizing news over politics, Joe Biden’s aides and political allies have...
by Graham J Noble | Aug 20, 2021 | Articles, Biden Administration, Good Reads, Opinion
Is it possible the Taliban offensive in Afghanistan, culminating just days ago in the overrunning of Kabul, caught the Biden administration and the Pentagon completely off guard? No, it is not, and any suggestion to the contrary would be disingenuous at best. Still,...
by Tim Donner | Jul 28, 2021 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
Even before he was elected president, if you looked up the expression “career politician” in any basic reference source, there was a decent chance the image of Joe Biden would appear right next to the definition. Okay, maybe not, but would he not have popped almost...
by Kelli Ballard | Jul 21, 2021 | Articles, First Amendment, Opinion
After the White House announced its practice of working with social media giant Facebook to help flag posts that it classifies as misinformation on COVID – and catching a lot of heat because of it – officials have taken a step back, trying to redefine the message and...