“So let us today drudge on about our inescapably impossible task of providing every week a first rough draft of history that will never be completed about a world we can never really understand.”
Philip Graham,
Former President & Publisher
The Washington Post
Much has been written about the ahistorical nature of Donald Trump, the first U.S. president with no experience in government or the military. After his first one hundred days, history is reasserting itself. By James…
James Kitfield, Yahoo News, April 3, 2017 In the most iconic moment of his young presidency, Donald Trump stood on the deck of the Navy’s newest aircraft carrier in early March resplendent in a…
This article originally appeared on the Vocativ website. By James Kitfield, Jan 11, 2017 Unruffled by the periodic shouts of protesters, Secretary of State Designate Rex Tillerson weathered his confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign…
General James “Mad Dog” Mattis This series of profiles originally appeared in December on the “Breaking Defense” website. By James Kitfield, Monday, December 19, 2016 The generals likely to hold top positions in the…