23 Feb, 2021
Biden’s Opportunity with China
The dominant view of China in both Washington and in American public opinion is that the United States...
23 Feb, 2021
30 Jan, 2021
Deceptive Speech
Much has been made recently of the concept of the "big lie": repeating a falsehood so many...
27 Jan, 2021
A Progressive Agenda for Biden’s Foreign Policy
The predominant direction of a progressive US president should be toward “Making America Safe for the World.”
21 Jan, 2021
Countering the fascism to come
Normalcy and tradition held sway as — for the first time in my life — I watched a presidential inauguration live...
20 Jan, 2021
Dedicate Presidents’ Day to Healing? Not This Year.
On February 15, Presidents’ Day, Americans must liberally apply sanitizer all over the office of the presidency...
19 Jan, 2021
How Do We Heal Now?
President-elect Biden frequently calls for “healing the soul of our country.” Lincoln wrote of...
17 Jan, 2021
The Great Evasion
The Great Evasion by Lawrence S. Wittner 971 words Published in: Ground Zero for Nonviolent Action, LA Progressive, Reader Supported...
31 Dec, 2020
Biden and the world: A deeper look at his foreign affairs team
In a previous column, I introduced the president-elect’s team: a group of serious professionals...
28 Dec, 2020
Biden and the World: A First Look at His Foreign Affairs Team
"President-elect Joe Biden has introduced his foreign policy and national security team..."
10 Dec, 2020
Embracing ecological realism
Does Joe Biden see his mission as merely reclaiming situation normal from...
12 Nov, 2020
The Biden mandate won’t go away
The Biden mandate won’t go away by Robert C. Koehler 870 words And now . . . what? Published in:...
8 Nov, 2020
Biden’s jobs 1-10
In the next several weeks, President-elect Joe Biden will be preoccupied with creating a 100-day action agenda. It might be called “Operation Renewal.” Here are my top-10 choices, in no particular order...
3 Oct, 2020
Trump Unmasked
"I just want to say that the end of the pandemic is in sight,” Donald Trump said Thursday night. A day later he was airlifted to Walter Reed Hospital, down with (reportedly) mild symptoms of COVID-19—so “mild” that he’s now going to stay “several” days instead of “a few” as initially reported.
8 Sep, 2020
Return to decency
“I had always been proud to be an American. During my career, I spent a lot of time working in...
24 Aug, 2020
Will Trump Replace Pence with “His” Black Woman? (satire, I hope)
“A Black, female Houston doctor who praises hydroxychloroquine and says that face masks aren’t necessary to stop transmission of the...