Kenneth Abramowitz

A look at what we are celebrating this Fourth of July, and what we also have to be mindful of in this dangerous and complicated world.

History has shown us that successful regime change can be achieved through means other than kinetic force, while America's successful attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities on June 21 demonstrated that kinetic war can be fought from the air without soldiers on the ground. Our future may depend on finding alternatives to traditional kinetic warfare to achieve our international goals.

The Trump Administration has proposed to dictate prices to America's pharmaceutical industry, illegally breaking patent law protection and cutting 65% of the price for the 50% of the market controlled by federal and state governments. Is this the right thing to do?

The Trump "America First" agenda has sailed passed its first 100 days, and the changes keep coming! From the treatment of illegal immigrants to foreign trade policies, the administration has been working non-stop. Here is how I grade Trump's dealing with the nation's problems thus far:

The Islamic war against Western civilization began some 1,400 years ago, and is still raging today. In addition to their wars of the past, the Islamic warriors of today have weaponized demographics and threaten to outnumber the Western world. We have some ideas of how to fight back and save Western civilization.

The Intelligence Community's 2025 Annual Threat Assessment (ATA) was just released. It was a "coordinated evaluation of an array of threats to US citizens, the Homeland, and US interests in the world", but it left much to be desired. Here are some of the key issues that they ignored:

Europe's Christian population is likely to be overwhelmed within the coming decades because of the EU's bad management of its immigrants. What can be done to save European Christians from oblivion?

Negotiating in the international arena is always challenging. But the manner of negotiations take on different character if negotiations are with 'frenemies' or worse.

President Trump has shown a willingness to negotiate a deal with Iran. But Iran is a death cult and negotiations with such a country is bound to fail. We have a better idea:

Why was Israel forced to accept such a bad deal when a much better deal could have been negotiated one month later, aided by the threat of force?