Colorado FSO Blogs
Prime Minister Carney’s Speech
World Economic Forum in Davos TRANSCRIPT: Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada Rebukes U.S. Primacy …
Civic Virtue
The following is from Wikipedia, which you can read there, but it seems so pertinent to the United S…
AFSA on the Trials of the Foreign Service
In an interview in Lawfare, AFSA president describes the trials of the Foreign Service. John Dinkelm…
Trump Orders 30 Ambassadors to Leave Their Posts
According to the New York Times, the Trump administration has ordered nearly thirty ambassadors to l…
The Importance of Values in International Affairs
An article in Foreign Affairs by Alexander Stubb, the President of Finland, stresses the i…
Ian Bremmer on Morality in International Affairs
Ian Bremmer’s email regarding Trump’s new National Security Strategy echoes David Brooks’ article ab…
David Brooks on the Importance of Morality in National Life
David Brooks wrote in the Atlantic: So how can neoconservative thinking help us today? The firs…
Amb. Bill Burns on the Foreign Service
In an article in The Atlantic, Amb. Bill Burnes decries the damage done to the Foreign Service and o…
The US Foreign Service Is at the Breaking Point
The American Foreign Service Association (AFSA) has issued a report, “At the Breaking Point…
Diplomacy’s Demise in America
The Financial Times reports: What is unfolding now in Washington is more than a corrective; it …
Suspicions about Nazis in Brazil
The Washington Post reports on a local reporter in a small southern Brazil who is obsessed with the …
Don’t Attack John Bolton
John Bolton has won me over as someone intelligent who cares about America. He was Assistant Secreta…
Bill Pulte’s Attack on Fed
Bill Pulte’s attacks on Fed board member Lisa Cook are motivated in part by personal gain. Pul…
Bad Israeli Tactics
If Israel is really serious about eliminating Hamas rather than killing all Palestinians, it should …
Tariffs Increase the Cost of AI
I asked ChatGPT how Trump’s new tariffs impacted the construction of new AI data centers. It estimat…
Trump’s Undemocratic Assault on Brazil
This executive order is not based on fact. The allegations are not true. Trump is making up lies to …
Grok on Gaza and Sudan Wars
July 29, 2025 • I asked Grok to compare the Gaza and Sudan wars. I thought its answer, which follows…
My Assignment to the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Notes of an S&T officer ACDA In 1982 after my INR assignment, I took an assignment in the Arms C…
Trump – Emperor of Brazil
From the Financial Times: In Trump’s playbook, however, Brazil is in a category of its own. Citin…
Trump Sues to Destroy
Trump’s decision to sue the WSJ for $10 billion is typical Trump, all bluster and publicity, no subs…