Epstein’s Shadow over Trump
Why We Can’t Let This Slip Two news cycles ago, Donald Trump admitted—out loud—that his golf course was a grooming site for Jeffrey Epstein. That alone should’ve stopped the presses.…
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Sabotaging Ourselves
Fifteen years of service. Gone in six hours. That’s the start of this post by my friend, David Biggs, a former Foreign Service Officer and team lead in science diplomacy…
On Trump, Iran, and the Wreckage of Performative Foreign Policy
“If Trump didn’t destroy Fordow, and he didn’t eliminate their enriched uranium, and he scuttled a diplomatic agreement, and he pushed Russia and Iran closer to each other, and he…
“No Kings”: When Democracy Is Handcuffed, Resistance Must Rise
In less than a full week, two elected officials have been assaulted and detained by federal agents. This isn’t bureaucracy misfiring—it’s the script of authoritarianism, unfolding in real time. No…
It’s Already Happened Here
Like I’ve said before, I’m a systems thinker, and patterns across history, fiction, and political thought really resonate with me. Lately I’ve been working my way back through various books…