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The Biden Administration’s Disinformation Governance Board actually managed to have a shorter life than did CNN+.  The latter lasted four weeks, the former, just three.  This past Monday, the Department...

Sometimes we hear weak, plaintive voices urging us to be more civil toward each other.  All know that political discourse in this country has become disgracefully foul, not just on...

Putin’s decision whether to use tactical nuclear weapons may be closer than we thought.  Five weeks ago, Russia’s attempt to overrun Kyiv had come to naught, so Putin changed strategy,...

We haven’t been this close to nuclear war since the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.  It was what historian Arthur Schlesinger correctly called “the most dangerous moment in human history.”...

With the widely disseminated (but, I suspect, seldom read) draft opinion in Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, progressives and Democrats have plumbed new depths of emotional confusion.  They couldn’t...

“When will the ever learn?  When will they ever learn?”                         - Pete Seeger With any luck, never.  By “they”, I refer to everyday Americans.  By “learn” I mean “absorb...

“The people who think men can get pregnant are suddenly worried about misinformation on Twitter.”             - Facebook meme Until a federal judge declares the new Disinformation Governance Board an...

Last week, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas informed a congressional committee of the Biden Administration’s decision to establish a “disinformation governance board” within the agency.  Here’s the write...