6 Jun, 2018
Trump’s War on the Poor: An Impeachable Offense
“Were it not for the source, it would hardly be news to learn that the United States can’t take care...
6 Jun, 2018
NFL Anthem Protest Policy and Faux Patriotism
“Like many, we are fundamentally opposed to the NFL’s new policy requiring players who are on the field to stand...
5 Jun, 2018
The Pardon Power: “The Power Not The Right”
“When I saw media reports Melania Trump had not been seen for 20-some days, I started thinking again about the...
2 Jun, 2018
Big Man politics, Africa to America
“We in the civilized, modern, savvy, worldly, urbane part of the world scoff and pity the poor African countries that...
1 Jun, 2018
The American Way of War: Evolution Stops Here
“America does what it wants. This is obvious, except it’s also monstrously unnerving. Let’s at least add some quote marks:...
30 May, 2018
Who Is Kim Yong-chol?
“General Kim Yong-chol is arriving in New York to discuss North Korea’s denuclearization with top US officials, including Secretary of...
29 May, 2018
School Shooters and CIA Torturers, All Together Now?
“Every CIA agent (as well as all other US Government agents and even State Officers) is required to take an...
25 May, 2018
In Iran and North Korea, China Holds Some Cards
“Donald Trump made his television reputation by telling people “You’re fired.” The same bullying approach now substitutes for his international...
25 May, 2018
The War Tree
“Picture War, with a capital W, as a giant tree. The branches are the individual wars, some great like WWII...
24 May, 2018
Real Security
“So, the summit with North Korea is off, and now pundits will have at it on such themes as overreach,...
24 May, 2018
Raising boys to love and care, not kill
“Heart contracts; numbness and tears collide. Ten dead, 13 wounded; this time in Santa Fe. If we’re ever to end...
24 May, 2018
It’s Not Always All About Trump
“John Bolton and Mike Pence must have known what they were doing. President Trump’s national security adviser and Vice President...
23 May, 2018
Stop Blaming Women and Girls for Men’s Violence Against Them
“It is infuriating to write what feels like the same piece. Multiple times, in way too rapid succession. But here...
22 May, 2018
Benito Trump
“As a boy who grew up on skates in Minnesota with my Dad as hockey coach, I vividly recall that...
22 May, 2018
Scourging Yemen
“On May 10, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia informed the UN Security Council and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres that...