Week One, Trump 2.0: How’d He Do?

The first week of President Trump’s second term has been a whirlwind – a marked contrast of when he first took office in 2017. What has he achieved? Is there more than hype and spin? Are expectations too high? Can he fulfill his promises?

President Trump Gave A Positive, Hopeful Inaugural Address

It was entirely predictable and at times almost humorous to see the sour, partisan reaction by Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton, and some in the national media to President Trump’s inaugural address last week. It was obvious that Biden, Harris and Mrs....

Will There Be a Trump Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine?

One of the earliest points to become apparent about Donald Trump’s second term as president is that there is a significant difference in foreign policy priorities and a vast change in style from his predecessors over the past 8 or 9 decades.  Blather about the United...

Will Bill Gates Snatch Up TikTok?

According to President Trump, Bill Gates’ Microsoft is very interested in buying the social media App TikTok. But as TikTok’s owners do not want to sell, will this be a mafia deal where either their signature or their brains will be on the contract? And…how is Bill...
The Big Freeze at HHS, CDC, and NIH

The Big Freeze at HHS, CDC, and NIH

Part of the sweep of government in the first days of the Trump administration has been a freeze on communications. The explosion has hit the whole of public health bureaucracies, which Trump personally blames in part for the meltdown of his previous term of president...