James H. McGee
“The important things are always simple; the simple things are always hard.” — Murphy’s First Law of Combat There will never be a better time than now to end the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran. The Israelis have established air…
I’m filled with admiration for Ukraine’s daring and imaginative strike this weekend at high-value targets across the length and breadth of Russia. I don’t for a moment believe that, by itself, this one strategic blow will change the outcome of…
“I’m not happy with what Putin is doing,” said Donald Trump last weekend. “He’s killing a lot of people, and I don’t know what the hell happened to Putin.” He subsequently added, “He’s gone absolutely CRAZY!” Over the last few…
Responding to last weekend’s massive drone and missile attack on Ukraine, Donald Trump complained that Vladimir Putin had gone “absolutely crazy.” Fascinatingly, Trump also concluded that “something has happened” to Putin. But anyone who has watched recent developments can only…
Last week, President Trump announced plans to officially designate May 8, the date when the Germans signed the articles of surrender to end World War II in Europe, as “Victory Day.” He further declared that the U.S. “did more than…
Over the past weekend, the Wall Street Journal ran an alarming article entitled “The Russian Military Moves That Have Europe on Edge.” The article leads with Russian moves along the border with Finland, and the accompanying photograph highlights activity at…
My friend Nina Shea at the Hudson Institute is perhaps the most informed and passionately articulate American voice on behalf of Christians suffering persecution around the world. This morning, she brought my attention to the latest wave of attacks being…
Over at that other Spectator, the one published in the U.K., one of their regular writers, Matthew Parris, recently published an article provocatively titled, “America is a moral idea or it is nothing.” Reflecting on a recent train trip across…
My wife and I just finished the two-hour, movie-quality finale of Taylor Sheridan’s 1923, one of two “prequel” series to the entertainment juggernaut that was Yellowstone. We loved Yellowstone and appreciated the earlier prequel, 1883, but have had a more troubled…
