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Hurricane Ida’s landfall in Louisiana August 29 left at least 62 dead, more than one million without power, and hundreds needing rescue—horrifying measures of devastation, to be sure, as they played across our screens—yet it’s easy for onlookers across the country to forget this is a too-common sight. Louisiana and its neighbors have been hammered… Continue reading Hurricane Ida Is Part of a Cycle of Disasters—Mitigating Their Impact Means Building Back Better

Second of two parts Should 2024 develop into a four-way race between a Republican, a Democrat, Andrew Yang or another candidate from his Forward Party, and an anti-Trump conservative, presidential politics will enter volatile, if not quite uncharted, territory. Leaving aside 2016, serious four-way contests (in which two third parties received at least 2% of… Continue reading Can Third Parties Make a Difference in 2024?

Call it a “wokelash.” Ordinary Americans are fed up with corporations’ woke politics on issues unrelated to their businesses. A recent Rasmussen poll finds that two-thirds of Americans think companies should stay out of politics. Now, new legislation sponsored by Sen. Marco Rubio will help people hold companies accountable for their political virtue signaling. The Mind Your Own Business… Continue reading Rubio Bill Would Hold Woke Corporations Accountable

Something was strange about my drill instructor walking into the barracks with a boombox. It was Sept. 11, 2001. I was getting ready to graduate from boot camp at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego. “Ears!” “Open, sir!” “Terrorists flew planes into the World Trade Center in New York. You’re going to war.” The drill… Continue reading The Guilt I Carry Over 9/11 Drives Me to Help Others

The United States has historically aimed to counter Soviet and Russian military threats and strategic influence in the European Arctic and its principle adjoining countries—Norway, Sweden, and Finland. Although these countries have traditionally enjoyed strong relations with the United States, they have equally showed a steadfast reluctance to provoke the Russian military and endanger close… Continue reading No Need to Read Between the Lines: How Clear Shifts in Nordic Strategies Create Opportunities for the United States to Enhance Arctic Security

  I ran across an MSN article dated June 22, 2021. “The Taliban Are Winning the War of Words in Afghanistan as morale falters” (see: https://bit.ly/3qmDhQt). The article began: “As Afghanistan’s armed forces cede and regain ground in the searing summer offensive against the Taliban, they are losing a propaganda war that is affecting the… Continue reading Of Course The Taliban Are PSYOP Experts! They Don’t Have Much Competition!

  You often hear the expression “follow the money”. In case you are interested this goes all the way back to the movie All The President’s Men and meant you can figure out political corruption by analyzing money transfers.   Venture capitalists (VCs) are considered among the 21st century’s major money sources. According to the… Continue reading The Creative Economy –leading edge PSYOP or a fad?

This week, we discuss prescription drug prices, unemployment insurance reform, how to mitigate the effects of disasters, anti-Asian racism, L.A. County Sheriff’s Department subgroups, and how to reduce extremism in the military. Photo by MJ_Prototype/Getty Images High prescription drug prices in the United States drive up overall health care costs and lead many patients to… Continue reading Prescription Drug Prices, Unemployment Insurance, Anti-Asian Racism: RAND Weekly Recap