TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES: Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, the First Lady of the United States, and my fellow Americans: Less than 1 year …
Bart Marcois
Bart Marcois
Bart Marcois (@bmarcois) was the principal deputy assistant secretary of energy for international affairs during the Bush administration. Additionally, Marcois served as a career foreign service officer with the State Department.
-
-
FeaturedPolitics
Trump’s State of the Union Guests Illustrate Policy Priorities
by Bart Marcoisby Bart MarcoisAs you watch the State of the Union speech tonight, pay close attention to President and First Lady Trump’s State of the Union guests. They have been selected carefully to …
-
FeaturedNational Security
Czech President Zeman Staffers Assault Journalists at Victory Party
by Bart Marcoisby Bart MarcoisCzech President Milos Zeman was re-elected Saturday in a runoff vote. His supporters punctuated their victory celebration by assaulting Czech journalists. This is the latest attempt in a year-long campaign …
-
President Trump will send a proposal to Congress on Monday for a grand compromise on immigration policy. Many of his supporters are angry that his proposal includes a pathway to …
-
Earlier today I wrote an article about the NFL refusal to allow the American Veterans group AMVETS.org to publish an advertisement in the Super Bowl program. I received a comment …
-
What has happened to the NFL? In the latest controversy, the football league has rejected a full page ad for the printed program that requested respect for our nation’s flag. …
-
The government has been shut down again. President Trump calls it the Schumer Shutdown. He says the Senate Minority Leader is holding the current budget resolution hostage until Republicans give …
-
FeaturedNational Security
Bitcoin’s Blockchain Technology Is The New Digital Revolution
by Bart Marcoisby Bart MarcoisThe blockchain technology that created Bitcoin, Ethereum, and crypto-currencies may be more important than the currencies themselves. It may change the nature of the internet, and restore the balance of …
-
Hawaii’s mistaken missile alert did us all a service last week. It was a sharp reminder that we can prepare for bad things to happen – even the worst imaginable …
-
FeaturedPolitics
Martin Luther King, Charles Schultz and the Power of Ideas
by Bart Marcoisby Bart Marcois“As we express gratitude today for his commitment to correct principles, let us renew our commitment as a nation to protecting the rights of all to full equality, and to …