26 Aug, 2020
The Israel-UAE Agreement: Good for a Few, Bad for Most
“The Real Deal Commentators evidently desperate for good news are touting the Israel-United Arab Emirates (UAE) agreement as a welcome...
12 Aug, 2020
The World Bank’s Poverty Illusion
“What would you estimate is the minimum amount of money you need to get by every day? $100? $50? The...
3 Aug, 2020
Falling Behind: COVID, Climate Change, and Chaos
“Multiple Crises, Multiple Obstacles COVID-19 and the protests for racial justice have drawn attention away from the mostly bad news...
23 Jul, 2020
The Trump Nightmare
“By now it is an established fact that Donald Trump may, or may not, accept the results of the presidential...
17 Jul, 2020
Trump’s Occupy Portland Gambit
“Federal troops in camouflage, without identification, heavily armed, uncommunicative, roving in unmarked cars, seizing and incarcerating peaceful protesters without charging...
7 Jul, 2020
In China, Your DNA Belongs to the State
“The roundup and incarceration of hundreds of thousands of people of a specific ethnic or religious group has all too...
24 Jun, 2020
Banana Republic or Constitutional Democracy? The US Military May Decide
“Donald Trump’s appearance at the West Point graduation ceremonies a few weeks ago reminded some observers of the Class of...
5 Jun, 2020
America’s Tiananmen?
“”When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross.”–Sinclair Lewis June 4 is...
2 Jun, 2020
Donald Trump’s Stealth Attack on America
“Donald Trump has made the calculated decision to let the pandemic play out without need of a federal plan for...
24 May, 2020
“Standing Up” for Hong Kong
“Has Xi Jinping finally overplayed his hand? The new security law for Hong Kong may be just that. Whereas the...
22 May, 2020
Weaponizing the Virus
“China is “the central threat of our times,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in January 2020. Since then, the...
13 May, 2020
For Trump, It’s Mission Accomplished
““We have met the moment and we have prevailed,” Donald Trump said at a news briefing May 11. “The moment”...
3 May, 2020
The Coming New World Disorder
“After the demise of the Soviet Union and the US intervention that crushed Saddam Hussein’s attack on Kuwait in 1991,...
19 Apr, 2020
AWOL: Trump’s Disappearing Leadership
“Who’s In Charge? Donald Trump’s political strategy during the coronavirus pandemic is simple: insist the federal…” Mel Gurtov Published in:...
3 Apr, 2020
Putin forever!
“One trait dictators have in common: They believe in ruling for life. And since they’re dictators, they can count on...