22 Jul, 2018
The Mind Reels
“Equally enigmatic is how Mr. Trump went about representing the national interest of the United States at Helsinki. Until Mr....
19 Jul, 2018
Some Dare Call It Treason
“Is Donald Trump not merely gullible, uninformed, and indifferent but actually treasonous when it comes to Russia?…” Mel Gurtov Published...
16 Jul, 2018
Human Rights Trumped
“Who cares about human rights? Not Trump, not his team. Here’s some of what we see…” Mel Gurtov Published in:...
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…”...
8 Jul, 2018
Coarse culture resurgent racism
“From calling Mexicans rapists and animals to calling the one African American at one of his rallies “my African American,”...
7 Jul, 2018
At Home and Abroad, Trump Abandons Human Rights
“In January 1941, with the prospect looming of US involvement in another European war, President Franklin Roosevelt spoke of America’s...
3 Jul, 2018
Victim Status and the Political Right
“In all honesty, there is a lot I do not understand about the Right. Although the Left is far from...
2 Jul, 2018
Cancel the 4th of July?
“A year ago I asked, A Political or Apolitical 4th of July? This year is different…” Wim Laven Published in:...
24 Jun, 2018
Vlad’s man in the White House
“OK, if you are the brutal authoritarian ruler of Russia and you want more global power, what is your fantasy...
20 Jun, 2018
Happy Fathers Day?
“The hypocrisy of American Values was front and center for Fathers Day in 2018. The U.S. government has taken at...
15 Jun, 2018
Trump’s Hobbesian trade war
“Now comes the Trump Trade War, his Bellum omnium contra omnes, war of all against all. It is the most...
13 Jun, 2018
No, Not Nixon, Not China
“Big success, no nuclear war! He saved 50 million lives! Thank you, Dear Leader! Like unlikely Nixon opening China, clever...
6 Jun, 2018
NFL Anthem Protest Policy and Faux Patriotism
“Like many, we are fundamentally opposed to the NFL’s new policy requiring players who are on the field to stand...
2 Jun, 2018
Big Man politics, Africa to America
“We in the civilized, modern, savvy, worldly, urbane part of the world scoff and pity the poor African countries that...
22 May, 2018
Benito Trump
“As a boy who grew up on skates in Minnesota with my Dad as hockey coach, I vividly recall that...