Iran deal, DACA shutdown, London embassy, CNN gyms

Trump takes the right tack on Iran. Balancing the diplomatic interests of keeping the Iran deal alive with making sure the deal is improved, Trump is delivering for US interests

With his back to the wall and offering DACA for all, Trump will win a government shutdown brawl

Yes, the president would have faced protests in London. And yes, those protests might have been YUGE. Still, he should have visited London

CNN isn’t the problem with American gyms. Penises are

Vietor Iran, Lebanese dresses, #IceBoy communism

Tommy Vietor just proved why the Obama administration was so useless on Iran. They believe the Quds force are politicians

Why Lebanese citizens are freaking out over Israeli citizen, a Gal Gadot (aka Wonder Woman) dress. It’s distraction populism

China’s #IceBoy proves that Communism doesn’t work in the cold

North Korea, killing ISIS, iran dickheads, Deyshia Hargrave

On North Korea, Trump's "Maximum Pressure" strategy is dead. The president has just knelt to China and to South Korean appeasement

The U.S. Military’s top enlisted leader is right: ISIS must surrender or die at the hands of American entrenching tools

Why Iran’s leader just threatened America: it’s about posture, hatred and paranoia

The police officer who arrested Deyshia Hargrave should probably be fired

Trump dossier, Pakistan Mattis, India Davos, North Korea, CBS Access

Lives are at stake on the Trump dossier. British intelligence sources must be protected

On Pakistan, Mattis and Trump play a good cop, bad cop routine. It’s clever and will produce results

Why Trump is right to go to Davos: it’s India, stupid. The opportunity to forge a closer relationship with Prime Minister Modi is one that cannot be passed up

North Korea’s talks with South Korea are bad news for America and peace. Why? Timeo North Koreans et dona ferentes!

CBS "all access" is overpriced. And it won't last long unless it learns to be more competitive.

Turkey assassins, Fake news on Iran, Boston Globe, Alabama SSBNs and...

Did the Turkish government just try to assassinate a soccer player in Germany? Probably, yes

NowThis and Ernest Moniz offer some really fake news on the Iran deal. It’s sad

A Boston Globe report just showed why the minimum wage is a bad idea

Why I’m supporting Alabama. It’s the SSBNs, stupid

And... the first new episode of The McLaughlin Group is below (the set, my tie, and camera angles are a work in progress). We air on WJLA at 11.30 on Sundays. But aside from our morning TV time, we will post the first few episodes to YouTube.

China and Taiwan, Passenger flights, mental moses

China is ratcheting up the pressure on Taiwan. Here’s what’s going on, why it’s happening and how Trump should respond

How to reduce passenger flight costs, increase flight options and improve airline efficiencies

As far as we know, Trump isn’t mental and Obama isn’t Moses. Here’s my take

Trump defamation suits, Germany speech, Trump and Pakistan, Assad's slaughter, Tunisia LGBT

Trump's defamation suits against Michael Wolff and Steve Bannon are very unlikely to succeed. U.S. law holds a very high burden of responsibility for public figures who wish to prove defamation

Germany’s restrictive speech laws are pouring fuel into the fire of AfD mobilization. The U.S. approach to free speech is far superior

Trump is right to pull the money plug from Pakistan. That nation must do more to cut down on terrorist support from its government

We must not ignore Assad’s ongoing slaughter. The costs in Idlib province are high

A courageous LGBT group is showing Tunisians not to fear their own ears

Trump's nuclear tweet, Ricky Gervais and the Golden Globes, Think Progress for authoritarianism

Trump’s nuclear button tweet against Kim Jong Un was good. The demand of Trump’s office is that he protect the American people. This tweet served that interest in the form of deterrence

Ricky Gervais should be hosting this year’s Golden Globes awards. The British comedian has the courage and candor to do what Seth Meyers likely will not

Think Progress just lost its mind - or found its crazy voice - on foreign policy. The liberal news site wants Trump to stop challenging U.S. adversaries

Iran, Venezuela's latest lunacy, Trump and Pakistan, France and urban criminality, 2018 predictions

What will happen in Iran? As the protests continue, here’s my analysis on why this revolt will fail and why the next one might succeed

Venezuela’s chicken king president is now a hyperinflation fetishist. His suffering people will again pay the price

Trump is right to tweet about Pakistan but could have made a couple of changes

France’s 2018 problem: failed integration and urban criminality. The government needs to get tough on crime and the causes of social dissection

What will happen in 2018? Our commentary oracles offer some prophecies

Special Report

166s - US should support Wi-Fi networks but use this to push European Union to improve the Iran nuclear deal with a mind to humanitarian concerns alongside security

345s - Iran's people are feeling the mismatch between promises and outcomes. Young population is an impossible problem for theocrats

39m28s - Tax reform has reinvigorated GOP sense of possibilities, DACA deal is likely but infrastructure might be complicated

43m48s - I doubt Democrats sweep Congress, but GOP must do better job of persuading younger voters