John T. Reed’s news blog

I think Trump should sue the media when they lie about him or have Justice file legal action in the case of criminal leaks. I know all about the difficulty because of having to prove actual malice and all that. So what? Do it anyway. It will force them to file an answer and give Trump and/or the Justice Department subpoena power. He/Justice will demand the identity of the unidentified slanderous or criminal. The reporters will make a big show of refusing even though the Constitution that guarantees freedom of the press says nothing about shielding sources. There are some...

Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster is the new NSA.He wrote a book called Dereliction of Duty about failure of U.S to complain strenuously enough against the Commander in Chief and civilian Defense Department cabinet secretaries when they order bad tactics or strategies. I wrote an article about that (The November 1965 Momentary Show of Moral Courage-by the Joint Chiefs in a Meeting With President Johnson) based on another article by retired Marine General Cooper. I also wrote my own similar but broader article titled The Morality of Obeying Stupid Orders. I used the search box on each of my Web pages...

Our local San Francisco Chronicle is so biased we cancelled it. But they keep sending it, as if it’s now a controlled circulation periodical that is given away and relies totally on ads.I was surprised today by the front page. In place of the usual articles with words like “chaos” and “unhinged,” there are “D.C. derail upgrade for Caltrain” and “Thrown off balance by the Trump storm.”The first is not about D.C., it’s about Elaine Chao, the new Transportation Secretary and wife of Mitch McConnell. (My wife knew her at Harvard Business where Elaine was in the class behind her,...

I added Swedish currency to my list of those I hold and recommend. I am taking them off the list. That country is committing some sort of suicide with their immigrant policy. I have seen a number of news reports about it most recently Tucker Carlson tonight.They let a whole lot of Muslim immigrants in starting in the 1970s. They are now 4.6% of the population. Few of the Muslims work. The vast majority are on very generous welfare paid for by Swedes who do work. Rape capital of Europe And the Muslims commit crimes against the Swede, especially rape....

Here is a fun back-and-forth from Facebook:Danilo Josue reposted one of my posts: Post from John T. Reed about politico-cultural differences between Anglos and Latin-Americans written in his brash style. However, the great Simon Bolivar beat him to the post 202 years ago.  No need to get angry but self awareness is the beginning of change. "The Economist magazine has a Big Mac index for comparing price levels and ascertaining whether a currency is under or over valued. A Disneyland test similarly occurs to me.You can tell where the nice continents are in the world by where Disney puts its...