This post is authored by Nate Taylor. Recently, equally great statesmen Kim Jong Un and Donald “Jong” Trump met in Singapore for a brief discussion on how they plan to split their Nobel prize winnings, their favorite burgers, and (assuming they got to it) the complete, verifiable, and irreversible dismantlement (CVID) of the Korean Peninsula. …
No Surprise: The Bomb Has Made a Bad Situation Worse in South Asia
by | 2018-06-25 | 3 Comments
Quotes of the week: “For the political Hinduism of today, there is nothing very troubling about nuclear weapons. In the eyes of Hindutva supporters, at this time and given the history of the past thousand years, nuclear weapons are necessary — for deterrence, for defense, but above all, for the moral rearmament of the Hindu …
Who’ll Stop the Rain?
by | 2018-06-21 | 2 Comments
Quote of the week: “Good men through the ages, trying to find the sun; And I wonder, still I wonder, who’ll stop the rain.” — John Fogerty In 1978, Nick Nolte was a dynamic young actor with a breakthrough lead in Who’ll Stop the Rain? How often is a movie named after a great song? …
The Un-Scorecard for the Trump-Kim Encounter
by | 2018-06-13 | 10 Comments
Quote of the week: “In order to properly understand the big picture, everyone should fear becoming mentally clouded and obsessed with one small section of truth.” — Xun Zuang The Punditariat will speak about winners and losers at the Singapore summit. There will also be endless exegesis of the joint communiqué and Trump’s offerings, especially …
