Meeting Putin, Jacksonville LGBT, Bernie's Doctors, Maduro Guaido

Theresa May shows how to meet with Vladimir Putin. Trump's affectionate camaraderie with Putin was silly.

Jacksonville library was wrong to cancel the LGBT event. The right of free expression should have been afforded to protesters and attendees alike. 

Bernie Sanders says you can visit whichever doctor you want under his plan. That's absurd. The basic conundrum of supply and demand remains.

Nicolas Maduro has Juan Guaido in his sights. The opposition leader faces new threat.

Javad Zarif, Mueller tedium

Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif is full of misconceptions about Trump. Zarif's tweet on Thursday was idiotic.

Woe tedium, the Mueller report artistic readers. There are few things as ridiculous as a play on Mueller's words.

Democratic debate

Warren won the debate. Trump should be happy.

Democrats run off the cliff on immigration. 

They made president trump look moderate.

UK military, Iran attack, RDR2

Parliament tells its next prime minister to increase defense spending. That's good news for Britain and America. Here's why.

Trump can launch a limited attack on Iran without Congressional authorization. The president has wide latitude as commander-in-chief

What we might find in Red Dead Redemption 2's Mexico - hopefully some monsters and tequila.

La Guardia, MS-13

La Guardia has broken out into anarchy. The ride sharing pen system is dysfunctional and ride sharing firms are ignoring it anyway.

An MS-13 arrest reminds us to judge cops fairly. Video camera evidence is telling.

Iran's new test, Federal reserve, Istanbul, Refugees, and from Friday

Trump imposes new sanctions, but he must prepare for Iran's next test. The Iranians have added reason to test American resolve.

Trump should shut up about the Federal Reserve. It's in his own interest to do so.

Losing Istanbul, again, Erdogan suffers a Titanic blow to his political identity. This is a big moment.

On international refugee day, Russia shows why there are so many refugees.

and some from Friday

Two differences between Trump's Iran retreat and Obama's red line debacle. The issue is credibility.

Blocking Saudi arms sales, the Senate shows its delusion. The action won't help U.S. interests.

In Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt two different visions for a conservative British future. The candidates offer diverging plans.

A good guy with a machete. A lad.

McKenzie Iraq, Iran Drone, Angela Rye

No, Julia Ioffe, Gen. McKenzie doesn't war with Iran in retaliation for Iranian IEDs in Iraq. The history of McKenzie's prior service in Iraq suggests why Ioffe is wrong.

Forget the drone, focus on contesting Iranian threats to transit and maintaining sanctions pressure. The U.S. has the right approach, we shouldn't be distracted by Iran's desperate acts.

Angela Rye mixes up history and replicates Nazi propaganda tactics. 

The result is not good.

Secret Service 2020, MH17 hunting, Heathrow expansion, Don Lemon, Fox Business, and articles from yesterday

Why the Secret Service face a challenging 2020 campaign. It's scale and emotion.

The US, Australia, and the Netherlands should act to catch the MH17 suspects

Britain's post-Brexit salvation: Heathrow's expansion and more airline passenger traffic.

Why does Don Lemon fear Trump's rhetorical assaults on freedom more than he fears AOC, Sanders, and Harris policies? It doesn't make much sense.

Appearance on Fox Business discussing the economy and Trump's immigration policy.

and articles from yesterday that I forgot to link to...

Why to expect a China trade deal by Labor Day. Both nations have a vested interest in reaching a deal sooner rather than later.

New acting defense secretary Mark Esper is bad news for China. It's all about long range precision fires.

Trump gives Putin a weaponized rebuke on Ukraine. The Russian leader has just met $250 million in new US arms equipment to Ukraine.

Rory Stewart's Conservative leadership momentum. The outsider is impressive.

The Hill

Spoke with the Hill's morning tv team.

2m28s - Iran's strategic assessment in Gulf of Oman

4m55s - What a new, improved Iran nuclear deal might entail

9m47s - On 2020 and Trump strategy

12m45s - The vulnerability to Democrats on cost implications of their programs

14m45s - Trump won't go crazy to win reelection

Iran, Kyle Kashuv, Mohamed Morsi, Uber-Lyft

Why Iran is enriching uranium past 3.67 percent and what it means for the world. Iran's increasingly hardline policy will not earn the dividends it seeks.

The case of Kyle Kashuv illustrates Harvard's intellectual rot. 

The biases are pathetic.

History won't be kind to Mohamed Morsi. He was silly in his efforts to totally usurp Egyptian political society.

Uber and Lyft's air conditioning problem. The ride sharing firms are getting too hot.

Iran

Discussing Iran with the Spectator's Curt Mills

Iran action, Chinese Borgs, Boris capitalism

Ali Vaez is wrong to blame Trump for Iran's malevolence. It is silly to ignore the history and character of Iranian aggression.

In Chinese propaganda on Hong Kong, echoes of the Borg Collective. The similarity between Xi's propaganda and Star Trek lore is striking.

Boris Johnson is right to make capitalism the forefront of his campaign messaging. You've got to push back against socialist narratives.

Gulf of Oman, ISIS, Houthi missile, US-Russia relations, Replacing Sanders

Gulf of Oman tankers incident: why Iran is to blame and what Iran is thinking.

How to show love for Pulse nightclub victims: by recognizing the moral necessity of killing ISIS.

Iran's hand lurks close in Houthi cruise missile attack on Saudi airport. The evidence is compelling.

Vladimir Putin only has himself to blame for poor Russia-US relations. Here's a list of reasons why.

Four very different replacements for Sarah Huckabee Sanders: the White House press secretary position is one open to variable approaches.

Craig Allen, Mike Mulvaney, Donald Trump

The terrible delusion of US-China business chief Craig Allen. The Chinese are not our friends.

Mike Mulvaney guzzles the deficit kool-aid. The White House chief of staff is being deceptive on the deficit.

F-35 over Washington: a useful message to American foes and friends alike. President Trump's showmanship has strategic utility.

After May, George Galloway, Biden China

Rating the 10 Conservative MPs vying to replace Theresa May. Here's my take on the best bet to be next prime minister.

George Galloway reminds us he is an antisemitic prostitute for Putin. The former parliamentarian is a disgrace.

Joe Biden's shift on China is welcome but must be matched by more than words. Biden cannot replicate his former's boss's policy.

Ivan Golunov, American fascism, Hong Kong, USS Chancellorsville, Lesbian attack, D-Day

Ivan Golunov and the anatomy of Russian corruption. The journalist's arrest reflects the deep rot of corruption in Russian politics.

Fascism, and why Hillary Clinton needs to read more history. The former Secretary of State is silly to warn of encroaching fascism in America.

China, Hong Kong, and America's better international order. The truth of American leadership is measured by the costs of China's policy.

And... at 4m16s mark my appearance on Fox News Special Report from last Friday.

Oh, and three articles from Friday which I didn't post:

The USS Chancellorsville incident, or how Putin is sucking up to Xi. The alliance of Putin to Xi's belt road is quite striking.

Why the attack on a Lesbian couple in Britain is a big deal. The importance of London's tourist trade is such that the Police had to investigate aggressively.

Vox is wrong, Trump was the right person to deliver the D-Day address. The president is not wrong to complain about European security spending.

Putin DDay, modern DDay, Taiwan arms, Parkland officer, WW2 history, Trump UK

How Vladimir Putin uses D-Day to his own advantage. The Russian leader uses tropes of history and ideological impulses among his population to further his own interests.

Would Americans support a modern D-Day. If we had to fight the Chinese or Russians over beachheads, what would Americans say?

Let China complain, the U.S. should approve a new arms sale to Taiwan. The Chinese only have themselves to blame for new American support to their enemy.

The Parkland school police officer is a scapegoat. Why didn't his leadership take steps to put someone suitable on the watch?

Russia's foreign ministry spokeswoman needs to learn some more WW2 history. The Soviet war machine was not as instrumental to victory as she pretends.

Trump's U.K. trip will earn him slightly improved poll ratings in Britain. The president did a good job in staying classy with the royal family.

D-Day killing, YouTube Nazis, FT China, Sanders economics, DARPA website, Trump protesters

D-Day and the morality of bloody killing. The operation to liberate Europe required a moral dispatch of many Germans.

YouTube is wrong to remove Nazis and demonetize Steven Crowder. There is value in allowing maximal speech on its platform.

The Financial Times mindlessly endorses Xi's propaganda. On what planet can it be said that America and not China is responsible for this showdown?

Walmart, and the Bernie Sanders school of Chernobyl economics. Sanders is a moron on economics.

Why does DARPA put so much online? The DoD should re-read operational security.

Here's how we know many anti-Trump protesters are actually anti-American. The flags on display prove the reality.

Tuesday

Articles today

Star Trek, UK visit, Secret Service

Why Star Trek needs a new Worf show. The Klingon character is made for 2019.

Trump is winning in the U.K., so far. The president has observed diplomatic protocols.

Why the Secret Service Hawkeye team is unlikely to be in the UK. The counter-assault team is normally replaced on U.K. operations by British special forces.