20 Jun, 2018
Trump, Kim and the nuclear status quo
“Peace, love and Donald Trump? I get the skepticism regarding the tentative nuclear disarmament agreement the president and Kim Jong-un...
20 Jun, 2018
Happy Fathers Day?
“The hypocrisy of American Values was front and center for Fathers Day in 2018. The U.S. government has taken at...
20 Jun, 2018
Separation of Immigrant Families Is Institutionalized Cruelty
“As I listened to the recording of immigrant kids crying because they were being separated from their parents, I heard...
18 Jun, 2018
Getting Ready for Nuclear War
“Although many people have criticized the bizarre nature of Donald Trump’s diplomacy with North Korea, his recent lovefest with Kim...
15 Jun, 2018
Trump’s Hobbesian trade war
“Now comes the Trump Trade War, his Bellum omnium contra omnes, war of all against all. It is the most...
13 Jun, 2018
What Happened? Assessing the Singapore Summit
““Peace and prosperity,” “lasting and stable peace,” “peace regime,” “denuclearization,” “new US-DPRK relations”—these fine words and phrases dominate the joint...
13 Jun, 2018
No, Not Nixon, Not China
“Big success, no nuclear war! He saved 50 million lives! Thank you, Dear Leader! Like unlikely Nixon opening China, clever...
13 Jun, 2018
Stop Crony Capitalism: Protect the Net!
“Pretty soon, we’ll all be paying a whole lot more money for Internet service. A few days ago the FCC’s...
11 Jun, 2018
Who Benefits from the “Booming Economy”?
“Although the U.S. mass media are awash with stories about America’s “booming economy,” the benefits are distributed very unequally, when...
11 Jun, 2018
The Great Waking Up
“I don’t blame all of the planet’s ills on the Republican Party, but I find hope in the possibility that...
8 Jun, 2018
The increasing foreign military and economic engagement in Africa
“Between late 19th and early 20th centuries, Africa was apportioned by several European powers— the practice became known as the...
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...