James H. McGee
Having spent much of my government career in the nuclear weapons community, I’ve watched with fascination as Donald Trump has called for the development and deployment of what he refers to as an “Iron Dome” missile defense shield to protect…
Have I gotten into the Christmas eggnog too heavily and too early? The title of this piece might well make you think so. But no, I’m completely sober as I write these words. I have scant use for Jimmy Fallon…
No, this is not about the 1982 horror movie starring Adrienne Barbeau, but those who mean to “drain the swamp” should take heed — danger lurks in an unlikely place, and, left unchecked, the beast could well destroy even the…
I understand that Biden has about as much to do with directing U.S. foreign policy as Humpty Dumpty or the Man in the Moon. Nonetheless, the semi-secret cabal of supposed experts who will run things for another 40-odd days does…
“Remember Pearl Harbor!” was the great World War II rallying cry. The sneak Japanese attack, designed to cripple the U.S. Navy’s Pacific fleet, would be labelled by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as a “date which will live in infamy.” And…
I read this morning that Joe Biden is fulfilling a “long-stated” promise to visit Africa, making the journey (finally) with scarcely two months left in his presidency. There’s something good to celebrate, namely a U.S.-backed initiative in Angola to develop…
A recent essay in the Washington Post offers a stark reminder that the threat of state-sponsored biological terrorism remains an urgent and seriously underappreciated threat concern. This represents both a challenge and an opportunity for the incoming Trump national security…
Unsurprisingly, Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees have produced howls of outrage, not only from the left, but also from many denizens of the D.C. establishment — but I repeat myself. Some, such as Rep. Matt Gaetz and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr….
Many news stories that once seemed important have been drowned out by the Trump election tsunami. Looming large among these is the story of the Federal Emergency Management Agency supervisor who directed her personnel to bypass the homes of hurricane…
