Notes for the Perplexed
Charles BlanchardThoughts about the current troubles
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Don't Celebrate Too Soon: Trump Has Other Ways to Pay Money to January 6th Rioters
With outrage from Republicans as well as Democrats—and strong public opposition—the $1.2 trillion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” is now officially dead. After the Acting Attorney General announced that the fund was dead, many Republicans who wer...
Thoughts on Secretary Hegseth's Removal of Admiral and Generals From Promotion Lists
One of my office’s responsibilities when I was General Counsel of the Air Force was to provide legal advice to promotion boards, which made selections for officer promotion from the most junior officer to three star generals. I played a rol...
The Iran War and the Importance of Chokepoints in International Conflict
When Israel and the U.S. began the current war against Iran, the Trump Administration and its allies triumphally announced that they had done what other Administrations had afraid to undertake. Some commentators had even suggested that prev...
What Populism Has Wrought: The Emerging Problem that Neither Party Wants to Address
We have lots of issues that demand our attention: the unpopular Iran War and its increasing damage on the world economy, rising inflation, a stagnating employment market, Trump’s weaponization of the criminal justice system, the emergence o...
How to Turn the Judgment Fund into a Slush Fund in a Few Easy Steps
Yesterday, the Department of Justice announced that it had settled a lawsuit and two administrative claims brought by President Trump against the Treasury Department. The central element of this settlement was the use of $1.776 billion from...
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I am a mostly retired attorney and Senior Counsel at Arnold & Porter. I served as General Counsel of both the Army and Air Force, was a member of the Arizona State Senate, and had the honor of clerking for the great Justice Sandra Day O'Conner.
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