The Beleaguered Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mark Milley
I had a talk with a friend last night focusing on the commotion surrounding Mark Milley. I thought readers may be interested in my perspective.
Re: Milley’s call(s) to his counterpart in China, I view this as a legitimate piece of diplomacy. Both Milley and the Chinese saw an unstable man, desperate to remain in power, and he wanted to make sure this didn’t result in war. I’m sure he said something like, “We simply need to get through the next few weeks without incident. I promise that if you don’t attack us, we won’t attack you. On January 20th, Trump will be gone, and we’ll be back to business as usual.” (more…)
Here’s a 
The graphic here is playing itself out all over the nation. Elsewhere around the United States, we have hot-spots in Trump-loving Florida and Texas, as well as the rest of the Deep South.
Christians are taking a great deal of abuse nowadays, largely because of the hypocrisy of the evangelicals. It ‘s good to know that the life of Christ has inspired some truly excellent behavior on many people’s part.
According to this article, an 
From Garrison Keillor’s weekly essay: “A walk in the park on a historic day”
It’s hard to believe that Republican politicians are still saying this, and that the people who vote for them are still stupid enough to believe them.
Here’s Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at a news conference at the Pentagon on Sept. 1, announcing that all 485,000 active duty soldiers in the U.S. Army must be vaccinated by Dec. 15.
I’d like to understand the process by which Larry Elder became the top Republican candidate to replace California’s governor Gavin Newsom if, in the unlikely event he is recalled. I understand that he curried favor with a number of wealthy donors, but none of this makes sense.
From this article on a new report from 
