Hmm

 

"Seven Myths About the Iran War"

 Tablet magazine: Michael Doran on how people keep getting Trump wrong.

Win the War and Win the Peace

My Substack on the final stage of the Iran War.

[Photo by Tianlei Wu at Unsplash]

Music Break

 

Marketing Twist

 

Have been getting marketing feedback on Pilate's Magician. I was pleased, of course, to hear that the novel has been recommended by a minister but was surprised at the primary nature of his audience: lawyers.

[Photo by Rick Rothenberg at Unsplash.

Time to Go "Old School": Available Now on Amazon

 

Recognize Free Iran

 I don't want a peace agreement with the mullahs of Iran. I want them gone.

No agreements with a "mullah-lite" regime. It would be like negotiating with Vichy bureaucrats.

Today's diplomatic task should be to recognize the new Iranian government. 

Period.

Europe Fails the Test

 Batya Ungar-Sargon on Europe's dismal performance.

The European governments have one of the weakest batches of leaders in decades.

[I am old enough to remember when President Eisenhower met with Prime Minister Macmillan, President De Gaulle, and Chancellor Adenauer.]

First Paragraph

Boog warned me about Washington, but until I saw the rich lady set her pugs on the dinner table, I didn't take him seriously. A staple of my relationship with Boog is that he warns and I ignore.

- From Cadillac Jack by Larry McMurtry

Find Something Beautiful Today

 

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