A basic rule for one in a position of confrontation, whether adversarial negotiation or open conflict, is to try to anticipate what actions an adversary might do or think.
An Italian colleague used to quote a jibe at is own countrymen’s penchant for long discussions when other things needed doing.
How much does one need to know to predict what the Fed has to do?
No wonder young people are developing nihilistic attitudes. Their own government has created a formidable and all-inclusive mess.
The president of the National Education Association (NEA), an American teachers’ union and the largest union in the country, is demanding the Biden Administration force Israel to agree to a…
Fifty years ago this week, in the middle of the Arab Oil Embargo, I was in Washington trying to convince Congressional representatives, policy makers, and bureaucrats there was no crisis.
The Israel-Gaza War is having strong effects we did not expect and - so far - not having effects we expected.
A wide range of observers who study economic, political, financial, and cultural cycles of the U.S. and the world reached a common conclusion.
CNN anchor Jake Tapper’s interview with Representative James Comer (R-KY) on Thursday evening, where the latter laid out the evidence against President Biden, garnered a fair bit of attention…
On CNN This Morning’s Thursday program, anchor Victor Blackwell brought CNN business correspondent Rahel Solomon on the show to discuss the July inflation report. Amid much praise of how well the…
After the results of Tuesday night’s vote on Ohio’s ballot measure to raise the required percentage for constitutional amendments, framed as a referendum for an upcoming abortion amendment,…
On CNN This Morning this Monday, anchor Victor Blackwell lamented that “Republicans are zeroing in on” Vice President Kamala Harris as part of their 2024 framing, noting that “a vote for President…
Friday morning’s coverage of former President Trump’s most recent indictment for the election charges included a segment on CNN News Central where anchor Kate Bolduan discussed former Vice…
On Thursday, CNN News Central discussed President Joe Biden’s low approval ratings and the even lower approval rating of his management of the economy. They subsequently covered Fitch’s downgrade…
Devon Archer testified on Monday that his former business partner, Hunter Biden, called then-Vice President Joe Biden during business meetings to “sell the illusion of access to his father” and…
Along with everyone else trying to evaluate the effects of the one-day Russian revolution, China is probably re-thinking its partnership with Russia.
On Thursday, CNN This Morning covered Judge Maryellen Noreika’s dismissal of the Hunter Biden plea deal. The defense and prosecution teams appeared before the judge claiming a deal, but the…
Thursday morning, after Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) had an unfortunate incident where he was unable to speak for a few moments at a press event, CNN News Central featured a segment where they…
After Wednesday morning’s announcement of Hunter Biden’s plea deal for his criminal investigation falling through, Andrea Mitchell discussed the issue on her on her eponymous MSNBC show. Along…
Wednesday’s CNN This Morning discussed the allegations that President Joe Biden’s role in Hunter Biden’s business dealings approached, in House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) words, “the…
This Tuesday, the Department of Justice (DoJ) and the State of Texas prepared to battle in the courts over border security. CNN This Morning covered Texas’s controversial buoy border and portrayed…
Monday morning’s CNN News Central actually featured a segment where co-host John Berman discussed several different political subjects with Daily Beast columnist Matt Lewis, who's still somehow…