I’m not quite sure what the United States plans to do has ever been done before without serious repercussions. I know I’m not suppose to think like this, but sometimes I like to look for historical precedents to figure out what something planned might turn into. I don’t seem to be able to put my…

Little doubt remains that this blog is read at the White House. On Thursday, August 29, 2013, I noted two things: one, the planned attack on Syria was an exercise in futility; and, the law of unintended consequences were at stake. A day later my message finally got through to the president as he walked…

Secretary Kerry having handed Israel the trump card in the Syrian affair, we have to ask what it will want from us to bail Obama out. Jodi Rudoren, a Newton native, is now the bureau chief in Jerusalem for the NY Times. She and another penned a highly interesting article on Israel’s response to Obama’s move…

Never in our history has a secretary of state so undermined a president that he has placed him in an intractable dilemma that will lead him to an ignoble defeat or major war. Secretary Kerry, the Vietnam peace activist and the Syrian war advocate who gives credence to the old saw that “old men like to…

(I have arranged for Tucker and Spring, noted expert sports commentators, to publish at www.hubgab.com (where I will eventually move) with an emphasis on Boston College and college football during this upcoming football season.) A Tucker/Spring Analysis How will BC fare with their new coach DAZ?  He inherits a two win team. Similar to Coughlin and O’Brien who…

A Guest Post: Preview of HubGab.com The NCAA ruled on Johnny “Football” Manziel’s alleged NCAA rule violations on Wednesday, just in time for the kick-off of the new season. Texas A&M and the NCAA announced in a joint statement  that because they had no evidence against Johnny Manziel, he would only receive a half-game suspension…