11 Jul, 2018
President Trump’s Useful Idiocy
“Though the president still has many supporters, there is a growing consensus, especially as the Trump-initiated trade war heats up…”...
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,...
22 Feb, 2018
Duck and Cover
“Once those articulate Florida high school students, God love them, are finished exposing the craven emptiness of politicians like Marco...
10 Dec, 2017
Brainwashed
“Everyone should watch Nick Kristof and his team’s riveting 26-minute documentary, on the New York Times website…” Winslow Myers Published...
8 Nov, 2017
The Madness of Deterrence
“At some point in the near or semi-distant future, one way or another, Mr. Trump will have departed public office....
11 Oct, 2017
Mystery
“Trillions of galaxies each contain billions of stars. A unified field of gravitational waves, black holes, and dark matter ties…”...
2 Oct, 2017
The Rise (and Fall?) of the Machines
“When our children, one girl, one boy, were in their pre-teens, my wife instituted “ladies’ day” as a special occasion...
10 Sep, 2017
Common Sense and North Korea
“The phrase “common sense” implies practical and prudent good judgment, with a further implication that the obviousness of common sense...
5 Sep, 2017
Sixth grade recess
“How close are we today to nuclear war between the United States and North Korea? As close as somebody in...
29 Aug, 2017
Credibility Equals Annihilation
“There is no more sacred cow in American foreign policy, and none more in need of examination, than the notion...
10 Aug, 2017
Weed
“Fifty years ago I was speculating with a college friend of mine about what we might do with our lives…”...
26 Jul, 2017
There Is Still Time, Brother
“Like many citizens for whom the daily headlines are an invitation to ponder the mental health of our political leaders…”...
27 Jun, 2017
“A Decent Respect for the Opinions of Mankind”
“The distractions of the Trump presidency, even including Russian attempts to hack our democracy, have swamped events that may in...
4 Jun, 2017
Evil and the Paris Accords
“Much ink was spilled in the year leading up to the election of the president on the subject of incipient...
6 Apr, 2017
Our Nuclear Folly
“The well-established assumption that North Korea is our most difficult and dangerous foreign policy challenge is worth a little dispassionate...