How To Deal With “Signalgate”–A Guide To The Perplexed

Last week, The Atlantic published an explosive report claiming that its editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, was invited to a “Principals Committee (PC) Small Group” discussion on Signal, where Cabinet officials discussed plans to strike the Houthi rebels in Yemen. Sensitive details—including the iconic who, what, where, when, and how of military operations—were publicly disclosed.

Temporary Delusions, Societal Dysfunction, and Public Policy

Every so often, a politician says something that reveals much more than he intends. There are several states in which the rational legislators (usually the Republicans) are trying to reintroduce common sense, in subject areas where the irrational legislators (usually the Democrats) have banned or even forbidden it. Wisconsin is the site of such a …

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A DC Whodunit: Who added Goldberg?

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) might be the happiest man in Washington this week. Jeffrey Goldberg’s shocking exposé about his inexplicable inclusion in a Signal chat with 18 senior national security officials has completely overshadowed calls for Schumer to step down from his leadership role in the Democratic Party. Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of The …

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