Return To The Regulatory Dark Ages – Counterpunch Volume 6 Number 3
Mel Goodman on Trump's war on science
The Last of the Adults on Trump's National Security Team
The first 24 hours of the Trump presidency were marked by a bizarre inauguration speech ("American Carnage"), frenzied claims of record inauguration crowds, and an unusual appearance at the headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency where the new president proclaimed his political brilliance. The shock of these 24 hours led pundits and politicians alike to proclaim that the so-called adults in the administration (Tillerson at State; Mattis at Defense; Coats as the director of national intelligence; and eventually General McMaster at the national security council) would exercise some restraint on a potentially unstable and unpredictable president.
Russia's Proposal for N. Korean Denuclearization
Will It Survive John Bolton?
The Trump administration is looking askance at what may be a legitimate Russian effort to break the current disarmament deadlock between the United States and North Korea. According to The Washington Post, Russia made a secret proposal to North Korea last fall to advance negotiations between Washington and Pyongyang regarding North Korea's nuclear weapons program.
The Foreign Policy Establishment Strikes Back at Obama
The most fascinating aspect of President Barack Obama's unusual interview with The Atlantic was his liberation from Washington's foreign policy establishment. Now the establishment is striking back. The president of the Council of Foreign Relations, Richard Haass, led the charge with the startling observation that Obama's refusal to use force in Syria was comparable to President George W. Bush's invasion of Iraq in 2003.