Tag Archives: Russia

Democracy and the Trump Election

Posted on November 9, 2024 by Jack

Newspaper headlines and television pundits are screaming that Donald Trump’s election is a threat to “our democracy.” A strange charge following an election when a clear majority of voters chose the winner. Isn’t that consistent with the very definition of … Continue reading →

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The Biden-Stalin Doctrine

Posted on February 23, 2024 by Jack

One death in Russia; tens of thousands in Gaza Continue reading →

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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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