Category Archives: Politics

Spotting the twisted, false and misleading in U.S. politics.

WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO AMERICA?

Posted on December 2, 2023 by Jack

Rummaging through my accumulated papers, I just came across the English translation of a speech I delivered in Czech on July 4, 1982, when I was American ambassador in Prague. At that time Czechoslovakia was ruled by a Communist regime … Continue reading →

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MUSINGS … “RUSSIAGATE” HYSTERIA

Posted on June 2, 2018 by Jack Matlock

Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad. That saying—often attributed to Euripides, though not found in his extant writings–comes to mind most mornings when I bring in the home-delivered New York Times and read the headlines of the … Continue reading →

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