“War is the continuation of politics by other means.” – Carl von Clausewitz “All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must…
The Big Picture -Â By Glynn Wilson – The scariest thing about this Halloween is that Donald Trump is still president. The good news on Thursday is that the Washington Nationals stunned the betting favorite Houston Astros in game seven of the World Series Wednesday night, bringing home a maiden national championship to the nation’s…
In the wake of the impeachment inquiry being launched, public support also jumps for Congress – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — A clear majority of the American people now support the impeachment and removal from office of President Donald J. Trump, and we don’t even have a report yet from the House investigation…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – The images coming out of Syria, where American military forces are rapidly withdrawing as Iran’s partners ISIS are released from prisons, and the Russians and Turkey take over the ground near the border, are reminiscent of pictures coming out of Vietnam in 1973. This is not playing well…
Impeachment Trial Could Begin by Thanksgiving – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congress returned to the nation’s capital after a fall recess on Tuesday and immediately got to work rebuking President Donald J. Trump for his sudden military withdrawal from Syria, while Republican Senators are increasingly being asked to take a stand on…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — While the world is focused on President Donald Trump’s latest crazy tweet, pulling U.S. troops out of Syria and allowing Russia and Turkey to release ISIS fighters and destroy the Kurds, U.S. allies, along with the impeachment investigation in the House, there are all kinds of under the…
The Big Picture -Â By Glynn Wilson -Â The political and legal quagmire gripping Washington, the country and the world just grows weirder by the minute. I’m developing a new theory about why Donald Trump is doing what he’s doing, but first I want to talk about Rudy. Rudolph William Louis Giuliani, that is, who…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — We now know where the Alabama Republican Party stands on impeachment and the rule of law in this American democracy. They are against it, at least the so-called leadership of the party, Republican Party Chair Terry Lathan. She held a news conference in Hoover this week simply to…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – What if it could possibly be true that we have more in common than we think, and the partisan divide in America is a man made wedge fed by corrupt politicians on both sides and a media that thrives on “conflict” as a so-called news value? Not…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – Maryland’s attorney general filed a motion in federal court on Tuesday joining 30 states and local governments in an attempt to intervene with the federal government to defend the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to establish air emission limits on greenhouse gases from power plants and other industrial sources…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – The closest Donald Trump has ever come to a swamp or a live alligator is no doubt on one of his golf courses, where he probably ignored laws to protect wetlands and endangered species. If Batman ‘s dreams were filled with bats, Trump’s dreams must be full…
“Without the pen of the author of Common Sense, the sword of Washington would have been raised in vain.” – John Adams – “What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly…” – Thomas Paine, The American Crisis – Jump On The Bus: Make Democracy Work Again – The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – While House Speaker Nanci Pelosi recently came out for a quick, short impeachment investigation focusing only on President Donald Trump’s abuse of power with regard to withholding military aid to Ukraine in exchange for a “favor” of an investigation into his political rival Joe…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – Many members of the public and some politicians may not like public opinion polls, especially after what happened in the presidential election of 2016. But they are still the best snap shots of data we have to go by on how the public is thinking at any given…
Editor’s Note: This is an open letter to U.S. Senator Richard Shelby, the Republican from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, published here as an editorial opinion column. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Dear Senator Shelby: You and I go way back, when I covered your earliest political campaigns for Alabama newspapers and the wire service UPI. You’ve been around awhile…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — For the first time in his highly controversial roller coaster ride of a presidency, Donald Trump may be in real trouble. The news about the new impeachment investigation launched by House Democrats has reached the American people, and now a solid majority of 55 percent support the inquiry,…
Climate Change Protests and Impeachment Inquiry Give Us Some Hope — The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Well this is extraordinary. Since I came down from the mountain in the Catoctins, crossed through the nation’s capital and setup camp on the Potomac River in Virginia, the people woke up and…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — In an extraordinary political turnabout, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made an appearance on national television late Tuesday afternoon and announced that a formal impeachment inquiry would be launched in the House against President Donald J. Trump. What prompted this political change? The Speaker has resisted calls to impeach…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — An estimated four million people around the world walked off the job, skipped school and joined marches and rallies on Friday to protest inadequate government action to address climate change due to global warming from the burning of fossil fuels in what youth organizers called a Climate Strike.…
The Muddled Picture – By Glynn Wilson – MONTROSS, Va. — An American bald eagle just flew by overhead, going north up the Virginia bank of the Potomac River. Its white crown, yellow beak and brown feathers were unmistakable shining in the early Autumn sun with a powder blue sky as a background filled with…
