Pete Hegseth
There is no such thing as a clean execution
There are times when the absence of Jonathan Swift is acutely felt. One such moment came at the end of…
Trump’s unconvincing imitators
The recent US adventures in Venezuela and Iran have not, on the American side, wrought the same losses of life and…
Live-streaming an execution is grotesque
The public will be able to watch via livestream the execution of Nidal Hasan, the US-born Muslim terrorist who shot…
The execution will be televised
“Deus Vult.” That, famously, is what the large tattoo on Pete Hegseth’s right bicep says. The phrase, which means “God…
Is Pete Hegseth running for president? Or getting fired?
Pete Hegseth has a face for television and a machismo of sorts. It appears, even to parts of MAGA, that…
Inside Pete Hegseth’s church
The second-floor meeting room on Pennsylvania Avenue is unassuming, but it’s filling up fast when I walk in on Sunday…
Why Elbridge Colby’s NATO warning shots will backfire
It is hardly news that US relations with the rest of NATO (“rNATO” hereafter) are at an unprecedentedly low ebb.…
Ministers must get the Defence Investment Plan right
The speech by Pete Hegseth, the US Defense Secretary, to Singapore’s Shangri-La Dialogue was addressed to a Pacific audience. His…
For Trump, it’s lonely at the top
King Charles III and Queen Camilla were at their most emollient in Washington, where they exchanged a flurry of presents…
Is Pete Hegseth waging a Christian Zionist war?
By pushing religion almost as much as US military might in his war briefings, Pete Hegseth has raised questions about…
Why every president ignores Congress on war
Is there a plausible legal basis for going to war with Iran? Senate Democrats say no, and late yesterday forced…
What Signalgate tells us about Iran
Remember Signalgate? It was quite the story, and worth revisiting now in light of Operation Epic Fury, the ongoing crisis…
Hegseth’s vision is more Starship Troopers than Starfleet Academy
“Welcome to Starbase, Texas,” Elon Musk said from the stage Monday night, as the crowd whooped. “This is a city. It’s actually…
