Author: nick

[ad_1] Everyone was ready for a grand signing ceremony to mark the historic moment when President Donald Trump put his name on the bipartisan bill, the 21st Century Road to Housing Act. It was to be a celebration of unity, a brief respite from the nation’s bitter divisions, Shangri-la in the capital city. Then, suddenly, the president decided not to sign it. All I can say is: Thank you, Mr. President! Apart from eliminating some burdensome federal regulations previously enacted by these morons (repealing almost anything passed by any Congress ever, for any reason, is a good idea) the main…

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[ad_1] Time, they say, is a flat circle. That’s certainly true of the Russia–Ukraine war. This week’s headlines could have been written last October, when I was in Kiev, or on many other occasions stretching back to the Biden years. “Russia’s missile and drone attacks on Ukraine kill at least 22,” read one from the Associated Press. During my trip, I had heard from Ukrainian officials, former officials, and military analysts that Kiev was running dangerously short on “interceptors,” or anti-missile missiles. Perhaps they were exaggerating the scarcity to press for U.S. assistance. Or perhaps not. After one unnerving night…

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[ad_1] Sacrificing the entire MOU over the question of who nominally manages the Strait for the next few weeks would be a costly and unnecessary mistake. Reprinted with permission from Trita Parsi’s Substack. For the second time since the U.S.-Iran Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed, Washington and Tehran have slipped back into direct military confrontation. The United States struck “80 targets in Iran with precision munitions” after Iranian forces fired on several ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz without prior coordination with Tehran. The scale of the American strikes reportedly far exceeded the previous U.S.-Iran exchange, suggesting that Washington…

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[ad_1] Five years is a significant milestone in any chronic illness. People can endure extraordinary physical pain, financial hardship, and emotional suffering if they that believe recovery is just around the corner. Hope often carries them through. But after five years, hope itself begins to erode. Savings have been exhausted. Careers have been interrupted or lost. Retirement plans have disappeared. Marriages have been strained by the relentless burden of chronic illness and caregiving. Medical appointments that once promised answers begin to feel repetitive and futile. Gradually, the realization sets in that life may never return to what it once was.…

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