Analysis

When systems fail, people drink what they can—often contaminated. Cholera and other diseases spread quickly under those conditions. This has been documented repeatedly in Yemen and other regions.

When a country fuels or responds to violence with force while presenting itself as a mediator, that is not diplomacy—it is aggression and control.

And now we’re hearing phrases like “our partner Venezuela” coming out of the Trump administration. That kind of language needs to be called out. In January 2026, U.S. forces carried out a large-scale military operation inside Venezuela, captured its sitting president, Nicolás Maduro, and removed him from the country.

Likud’s original platform set the ideological baseline for the camp Netanyahu inherited: it rejected relinquishing “Judea and Samaria” and declared that “between the Sea and the Jordan there will only be Israeli sovereignty.

I’m not a politician, a diplomat, or a media analyst. I’m just an everyday retired American who’s lived long enough to recognize patterns when I see them, I've lived that long—and I’m fed up.

“To those who lead nations: what you tolerate today will define who holds power tomorrow—and whether it’s still you.” There was once a man who came from a small and…

I used to think certain seats in Congress were basically untouchable. Lindsey Graham’s was one of them. South Carolina, long-time incumbent, deep connections—on paper, it looked locked down. But the…