The absent president … and the rising risk of nuclear war

Why the world has edged to the edge, and what must be done about it

When the president is away (like, really all the way away), the military establishment loves to play.

One of the intrigues of the current political landscape is the almost universal avoidance—outside of Fox News—of talking about two colossal elephants in the room, Joe Biden’s dementia and the very real possibility of nuclear war.

Now one can argue that th…