23 Nov, 2021
Which immigration story will prevail?
Like a gravitational field, there’s a narrative that exerts a powerful pull on U.S. immigration policy...
22 Nov, 2021
Most Americans look favorably on global governance
Amid all the flag-waving, chants of “USA, USA,” and other nationalist hoopla that characterize mainstream politics in the United States, it’s easy to miss the fact that most Americans favor global governance...
20 Nov, 2021
Uninformed juries produce incorrect outcomes
I was a troubled teen. I remember the day I was called to my high school’s administrative office to receive a call. He gave me advice I have never forgotten...
19 Nov, 2021
National defense and dead children
A new defense budget looms. Maybe we’re running out of wars to fight, but no matter.
18 Nov, 2021
Finding Common Ground with China
“It seems clear to me we need to establish some common-sense guardrails,” President Biden told President Xi Jinping in their November 16 virtual summit. Xi reportedly replied to his “old friend”...
17 Nov, 2021
U.S. killer drone attacks kill innocent civilians
As a people represented by our government, what gives us the right to go into other countries and indiscriminately assassinate people? Do we think that “American exceptionalism”...
13 Nov, 2021
Israel’s new leadership offers nothing new to Palestinians
How have Israeli-Palestinian relations changed since the end of the right-wing Netanyahu government? The short answer: Not much; a right-wing government is still in charge...
11 Nov, 2021
American history: Let’s face the truth
When you’re losing the game, summon the commies! And conservative white America has been losing for quite some time — losing control of the future, that is.
10 Nov, 2021
A Real Day for Veterans
Some 30,000 post 9/11 service members and veterans have been desperate enough to take their own lives.
6 Nov, 2021
Vote back better
My Dad skated for the Minnesota Gophers hockey team after he finally got done serving “for the duration” in World War II in the Philippines. So, of course, he was our coach as we PeeWees tried to learn to play hockey in Minnesota in the late 1950s. As a coach, one of his favorite go-to instructions to us was, “OK, team, back to the basics!”...
6 Nov, 2021
The myth of redemptive violence
Several million dollars’ worth of fiction exploded the other day, leaving cinematographer Halyna Hutchins...
4 Nov, 2021
A world without money
And climate change begins . . . “Three or four thousand years ago the gods began a migration from the lakes, forests, rivers, and mountains into the sky, becoming the imperial overlords of nature rather than its essence.”...
3 Nov, 2021
The problem with vaccine mandates
I live near Middlefield Ohio, the center of the fourth largest Amish settlement in America. I regularly see the horse and buggy operations on the road...
30 Oct, 2021
Dim Prospects for Climate Mitigation
Just in time for the COP26 UN climate change conference in Glasgow, Scotland, the Biden administration has released the National Intelligence Estimate: Climate Change and International Responses Increasing Challenges to US National Security Through 2040...
28 Oct, 2021
Crisis in Sudan is a lesson for the U.S.
About 2,700 years ago a storytelling slave named Aesop told tales of political, religious, and social themes...