US Government
Fabriqué en Babylon: Mueller’s Brass Tacks Vol. 1
Quite a few million taxpayer dollars, countless hurt feelings and one slightly disgruntled POTUS later, I had my chance at last to consume the report of The Special Counsel, one Robert S. Mueller III.
Executive Completion: American Scandal Primer Part One
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As I began research for this article, I couldn’t help but take a closer look at the last few scandals that rocked
Patriotism in a Divided America
We are the descendants of rebels. It does not matter if you were born on this soil or not, we all proudly remember the Fourth of July, 1776. Every year we
Zero Tolerance Equals Zero Humanity
Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
Commentary on the Movie, “The Post” [Excerpt]
[The following is an excerpt from the blog and publishing site of Mr. Geoff Shepard, Esq., author of “The Real Watergate Scandal”, kindly used with permission of the author.]
The top-secret report which became known as the Pentagon Papers, officially titled United States – Vietnam Relations, 1945–1967: A Study Prepared by the Department of Defense, is an internal analysis of documentation about the origins and conduct of the Vietnam War from 1947 to the end of the Johnson Administration, prepared over the course of three years under the supervision of three anti-war DOD officials. It ultimately consisted of some 3,000 pages of analysis and 4,000 pages of documentation. It was not peer reviewed or circulated outside of DOD.
Publication of the first article by the New York Times on June 13, 1971 caught the Nixon Administration completely by surprise. The Papers contained nothing adverse about the Nixon Administration itself, since the study concluded with the Johnson Administration, but there were three principal causes of concern:
Political Beast: Two-Year (Cotton Anniversary) Retrospective
The following contains references to articles published by ModState over the past two years. If you don’t get it, then you didn’t read it. Tradition tells
Political Beast: Vietnam – Did People Actually Care?
When I heard Ken Burns, rock star of documentary film, was releasing a new PBS documentary, I was, of course, excited. When I heard the subject was Vietnam, I was
EDITORIAL: Don’t Eat The Rich
This becomes irresponsibility, this relentless notion of “progressives” that life can be perfectly equitable and fair if only the central (Federal)
Executive Completion: Trump’s Transgender Tweets
On the anniversary of the Executive Order that desegregated the Armed Forces,
our commander-in-chief, President Donald J. Trump, sent the following three tweets:
EDITORIAL: The Obamacare Repeal Endgame(s)
As I sit to write this article I still find myself struggling to understand the goal of the Senate GOP Health Care bill(s). Obviously, the overall ideology and goal is