by Graham Fitzgibbon | Mar 13, 2019 | Briefings
Trump Appears Poised to Pardon Manafort We begin with today’s sentencing of Trump’s campaign manager Paul Manafort who, after being sentenced to 47 months last week, is now facing seven and a half years in prison unless he is pardoned which is increasingly...
by Graham Fitzgibbon | Mar 12, 2019 | Briefings
The Brexit Zombie Has the UK Heading for a Cliff We begin with the 391 to 242 vote in the U.K. parliament rejecting Prime Minister’s May’s best and last attempt at a Brexit deal and assess what might follow as the March 29 deadline to crash out of the E.U. fast...
by Graham Fitzgibbon | Mar 11, 2019 | Briefings
Did Software in Conflict with Human Control Cause the 737 MAX 8 Crashes? We begin with the second crash of the new Boeing 737 Max 8 which has advanced software know as MACS – Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System, an anti-stall protection where...
by Graham Fitzgibbon | Mar 10, 2019 | Briefings
The Outrageous Disparity in US Sentencing We begin with the unusually light sentence handed down last Thursday by a Federal judge who, in sentencing Paul Manafort to 47 months, said he has led an otherwise blameless life. Rachel Barkow, a former member of the...
by Graham Fitzgibbon | Mar 7, 2019 | Briefings
Are Talented Democratic Candidates Discouraged By the Crowded Field? We begin with Ohio’s Senator Sherrod Brown deciding not to run in the crowded field of potential Democratic presidential candidates, joining a growing number of hopefuls who have dropped out,...
