16 Jul, 2022
White supremacists want ‘their’ country back
One thing I notice as I read the growing warnings that this is the case is the assumption that suddenly the USA has become a divided nation...
16 Jul, 2022
17 Aug, 2021
The Afghanistan debacle
Over a nearly 20-year period, the war in Afghanistan is estimated to have cost about $2.2 trillion and resulted in more than 240,000 deaths, military and civilian, on all sides...
27 Sep, 2017
The courage to kneel
“Kneel, touch the earth. “Oh say can you see . . . ” The anthem starts. I can feel the...
11 Jul, 2017
Smoking gun?
“With the revelation today (July 11) that Donald Trump, Jr. leaped at the opportunity to find some dirt on Hillary...
16 Nov, 2016
The Trump Team: Loyal and Dangerous
“Personnel appointments provide a useful glimpse into what policy will be. Senior-level appointees are the policy shapers…” Mel Gurtov Published...
30 Oct, 2016
Supremes, the Senate and the Dirty Donalds, Segretti to Trump
“OK, the Republicans said when Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia passed away late last winter, we are not going to...
25 Sep, 2016
Where Is That Wasteful Government Spending?
“In early September 2016, Donald Trump announced his plan for a vast expansion of the U.S. military, including 90,000 new...
19 Sep, 2016
Your rights and our election
“Rights. We are inundated with a great deal of loose talk about “rights.” What sorts of them? Legal rights. Civil...
19 Jul, 2016
Imagine
“With our daily news running to atrocity after tragedy, Americans are frightened and angry. Some are resonating with hate talk...
9 Jun, 2016
Many Fingers on the Button
“If we had a nickel for everyone who has muttered some variation on “I worry about Donald Trump’s finger on...
24 May, 2016
Cowgirl Diplomacy? Foreign Policy Under Hillary Clinton
“America’s mainstream media, ever attracted to the splashy rather than the serious, has a new topic to occupy the time...
19 Feb, 2016
God Responds to Donald Trump
“Donald, my son, I have been troubled for some time knowing you don’t feel a need to ask Me for...