Category: Intel

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

The closure of schools and nursery settings, lockdowns, and ongoing restrictions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic brought huge changes to children’s daily routines and the lives of their families. The way parents communicated with their children about these events was vital in helping children to cope. In autumn 2019, RAND Europe researchers were asked to… Continue reading Parenting During the Pandemic: Communicating with Children About COVID-19

While the speed of the Taliban take over of Afghanistan was perhaps a surprise, the ultimate result, at least in my humble opinion – was not.   In the interests of full disclosure, I remind readers that I am a Viet Nam Veteran, and as one of my colleagues used to say “Deja Doo Doo… Continue reading At Least the Taliban Learned Something

Community radio was the most trusted medium noted in one of my posts about influence and information during disasters. Local news is still more trusted than national news. While there has been a tremendous decline in newspapers in the US. According to The Pew Institute “The estimated total U.S. daily newspaper circulation (print and digital… Continue reading Black and Gray are the New Red, White and Blue

Above, Maranie Staab, photojournalist thrown to the pavement covering antifa Aug. 22 in Portland. By Mark Hemingway, RealClearInvestigationsSeptember 23, 2021 From covering displaced refugees around the globe to the obstacles faced by protesters seeking change in America, freelance photojournalist Maranie Staab believes her camera can be a force for truth and social justice. The work of… Continue reading Little Outcry Over Antifa’s Equal-Opportunity Beatdowns of Journalists Left and Right

White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan figures prominently in a grand jury investigation run by Special Counsel John Durham into an alleged 2016 Hillary Clinton campaign scheme to use both the FBI and CIA to tar Donald Trump as a colluder with Russia, according to people familiar with the criminal probe, which they say… Continue reading Biden Security Adviser Jake Sullivan Tied to Alleged 2016 Clinton Scheme to Co-Opt the CIA and FBI to Tar Trump

If you have seen George C. Scott as LTG George S. Patton, you might remember him saying “Rommel: you magnificent bastard, I read your book!”. If you don’t remember the scene, click here. Patton was of course referring to Rommel’s book “Infantry Tactics” in which the famed Armor Commander talked about his World War I… Continue reading Read The Enemy’s Manual Whenever You Can

After the messy withdrawal from Afghanistan, President Biden may be ready to turn his attention to a more uplifting event on his calendar: a “summit for democracy.” But drawing up any guest lists can be fraught, especially when it’s the leader of the free world deciding who makes the cut. Among post-Soviet states, Biden is… Continue reading Summit Gives Biden Chance to Nudge Post-Soviet States Toward Democracy

As the dust settles on the Taliban’s reconquest of Afghanistan, regional neighbors are adjusting their policies to take the new geostrategic reality into account. Among these countries are the self-proclaimed “iron brothers”—China and Pakistan. The good news for Beijing and Islamabad is that their respective policies on Taliban-run Afghanistan broadly align. But one particularly touchy… Continue reading China and Pakistan See Eye to Eye on the Taliban—Almost

Regardless of what you think about his policy achievements, for eight years, Shinzo Abe provided Japan with predictable leadership and a confident regional presence at a time of rising security challenges. But with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party set to elect a new leader to replace Abe’s successor, Yoshihide Suga, who barely lasted 12 months… Continue reading What Instability at the Top Means for Japan’s Alliance with the United States