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Joe Honick is an international consultant to business and government and writes for many publications. He can be reached at [email protected]

Stories by Joe Honick

•	The Free Speech Hysteria Hypocrisy (Public Affairs Commentary) Mon., May 1, 2017 The nation is stuck in a long variety of contradictions when it comes to free expression. (3 reader comments)

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Are We Losing a Generation of Young Americans? (Public Affairs Commentary) Thu., Apr. 27, 2017 The absence of requiring some minimal commitment of some kind of public service to the nation on completion of high school or attainment of age 18 has given tacit approval to the idea we can merely hire all those needed to defend the nation. (2 reader comments)

•	Selling Trumpian 'Leadership'? (Public Affairs Commentary) Tue., Apr. 18, 2017 President Trump has dispatched VP Mike Pence to go forth and frighten an already frightened world with a declaration that North Korea has “gotta behave” or else. (1 reader comment)

•	The 'Muddled East' (Public Affairs Commentary) Wed., Apr. 12, 2017 We are turning the Middle East into the “Muddled East” without a “therefore” ready. (7 reader comments)

•	Beware of Special Interests on the Supply Side (Book Review) Mon., Apr. 10, 2017 Dr. Mark Zupan’s book, “Inside Job: How Government Insiders Subvert the Public Interest,” analyzes the negative effect of monopolization of power on the supply side of policymaking both in the U.S. and abroad.

•	Presidential PR is Not Hotel Biz (Public Affairs Commentary) Mon., Apr. 3, 2017 Have the country, the media and the world overindulged on Trump already? That might be the case if you listen to some editors and self-anointed social media critics. (1 reader comment)

•	Should Be No Rejoicing Over Death of Trumpcare (Public Affairs Commentary) Mon., Mar. 27, 2017 No one from any side of the confusing political spectrum should be happy at the apparent death of the presidentially-declared “cure” for the Affordable Care Act. (6 reader comments)

•	Shameful Threats to Those Who Served (Public Affairs Commentary) Fri., Feb. 24, 2017 Had President Trump been in the military, he may have understood how many illegals have made the commitment to serve the United States. (1 reader comment)

•	Vladimir Putin, the Smartest Politician on the Planet (Public Affairs Commentary) Mon., Jan. 30, 2017 Vladimir Putin figured out President Trump early on, and has learned to play to his endless need for praise and respect ever since. (2 reader comments)

•	The Republican ACA Delusion or Lie.... Your Pick (Public Affairs Commentary) Wed., Jan. 18, 2017 I don’t know one thing about the Affordable Care Act, derisively called Obamacare, but I do know something about hypocrisy and obvious misstatements, otherwise known as lies. (3 reader comments)

•	Exposing the Phony ‘Fake News’ Fury (Public Affairs Commentary) Fri., Jan. 13, 2017 The offended Trumpkins can’t stand the heat and do not realize how they have revealed their weaknesses. (3 reader comments)

•	A Vote is Only the Beginning of Democracy (Public Affairs Commentary) Thu., Dec. 1, 2016 The idea that voting somehow gives automatic birth to democracy is not only a myth, but a dangerous one at that.

•	Ignoring China at Our Peril (Public Affairs Commentary) Wed., Nov. 23, 2016 Why aren’t we doing more to sustain a healthy economic and diplomatic relationship with China?

•	Trump Strategy: Dangerously Manipulated Media (Public Affairs Commentary) Tue., Nov. 15, 2016 The wilder and more controversial Donald Trump’s declarations were during the election, the more effective the coverage. How was the media so well played? (4 reader comments)

•	We Elected Only a President (Public Affairs Commentary) Fri., Nov. 11, 2016 Now that the celebrations and/or mournings have died down, it’s important — if not urgent — to make sure all Americans understand that we did not elect a monarch or king with Donald Trump. (5 reader comments)