28 May, 2017
All Is Not Quiet on the Western Front
“Donald Trump’s visit to NATO headquarters last week was consistent with two of his foreign-policy views: the need to pursue...
24 May, 2017
What Do Trump and NATO Have in Common? Neither Make Us Safer
“It is enticing to speculate on what gaffes President Donald Trump might commit at the NATO Summit May 24-25, at...
24 May, 2017
A Call to Mobilize the Nation over the Next 18 Months
“While the media and the nation sit transfixed over the Trump scandals and attacks on democracy, those of us who...
24 May, 2017
Cancer with political clout
“A suicide bomber inflicts hell at a concert hall in Manchester, England that’s full of children, as though that was...
23 May, 2017
The Meaning of Trump’s Wall
“Though Donald Trump failed to get his wall funded when Congress passed a recent $1.1 trillion federal spending package, he...
23 May, 2017
The $110 Billion Myth of Supporting Saudi Arabia’s Defense Needs
“Amidst a range of domestic controversies and the pushback against his agenda and actions, President Trump went back to one...
18 May, 2017
Hostage to the rules of espionage
“Welcome to the last paragraph of a Washington Post story the other day, a loose fragment of news, a homeless...
17 May, 2017
Watergate II? A Scenario for Trump’s Resignation
“Every day brings bad news for Trump’s presidency. Every day is a reminder that this man is mentally, temperamentally…” Mel...
17 May, 2017
Radical Love
“I used to think of love as a side dish to social political change – the green beans next to...
12 May, 2017
Our Imperiled Democracy
“Ambitious national political leaders invariably face a problem: how to get things done in the face of competing interests and...
11 May, 2017
Impeach now
“Seriously. Now is the time. Impeach.” Tom H. Hastings Published in: Gilmer Free Press, The Chronicle of Winston – Salem,...
11 May, 2017
‘Classified’ America
“For a journalist — especially one covering government and politics — the most suspicious, least trustworthy word in the language...
9 May, 2017
The American Healthcare Act: who would Jesus kill?
“The Republican-controlled House of Representatives finally executed their plan to end Obamacare and in so doing initiated a death sentence...
6 May, 2017
United States Says ‘Yes’ to Nuclear Weapons Tests, ‘No’ to a Nuke Ban Treaty
“Twice in seven days the United States shot nuclear-capable long-range missiles toward the Marshall Islands, but the same government refused…”...
4 May, 2017
Drumming for Planet Earth
“At the climate rally in Chicago last week, people started drumming in the rain…” Robert C. Koehler Published in: Common...