Seeing some argue that political violence is everywhere and thus the assassination of a public figure is not really an aberration, but an expansion of scope. Typically this view sees assassination in continuity with things like police using force while carrying out their duties (1/…)

I happened to be dining there last night. Wanded on the way in before he arrived, wanded again when going back downstairs (the floor where he was) several hours later. There were easily dozens of Secret Service agents around, including many in front of the door.

How Iranian deterrence used to work - and how it fell apart, leading Iran to consider the bomb. Me for the National Interest, first part of a two part series on Iran’s deterrence.
nationalinterest.org/blog/middle-...

Folks are steamed that the administration repealed a lengthy regulation of showerheads. Critics say they should have better things to do. Too few ask why regulating showerheads is federal business. We’ve been conditioned to see such overstretch as normal (to oily)

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Ex-hostage Tal Shoham describes captivity to UN: ‘Sadistic guards tortured us daily’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/ex-hostage-tal-shoham-describes-captivity-to-un-sadistic-guards-tortured-us-daily/

The EU can hardly claim it does not attempt to apply its rules beyond its borders, as anyone who has clicked a GDPR-derived tracking cookie banner can attest. The United States government is free to choose which foreign companies it does business with.

I spoke with the Crescent Center’s Zaka Jafarli on what may be ahead in the U.S.-Iran confrontation: youtu.be/pl1GPdbHnJ0

“Conversion is the matter of a moment. Sanctification is the work of a lifetime.”
- St. Josemaria Escrivá