18 Nov, 2018
Lurching Toward Catastrophe: The Trump Administration and Nuclear Weapons
“In July 2017, by a vote of 122 to 1, with one abstention, nations from around the world attending a...
1 Nov, 2018
Why the Brazilian elections matter
“This past Sunday, on October 28th, Jair Bolsonaro, was elected as the 38th President of Brazil from the Social Liberal...
31 Oct, 2018
Give Us Not Our Daily Trump
“The media seem to be impaled on the horns of a dilemma: Cover Donald Trump and, if they do so...
31 Oct, 2018
No More Whitewashing Hate
“Pro-Trump extremist Cesar Sayoc was arrested and charged last Friday (10/26) for mailing multiple pipe bombs. The apparent motive for...
29 Oct, 2018
Trump’s Kristallnacht
“We are now moving past “mere” voter suppression and voter intimidation. We have arrived at voter assassination. It was almost...
21 Oct, 2018
Deal me out: Trump’s ego vs Earth
“We used to disparage someone by noting that their “ego is the size of Texas.” Does anyone say that about...
17 Oct, 2018
The Khashoggi Affair: A Murder Mystery in Four Acts
“Act 1 (Washington, DC): Upon learning of the disappearance and possible murder of the Saudi journalist and critic, Jamal Khashoggi,...
15 Oct, 2018
Getting Away with Murder
“In March I wrote about the visit to Washington of Saudi Arabia’s new leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. At...
14 Oct, 2018
Our American character and you the voter
“When we speak of people from a particular identity group—ethnicity, nationality, regional group, state, town, or one of many others—we...
8 Oct, 2018
What’s Happened to the Big Wage Increases Promised by Republicans?
“The recent announcement by the founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, that his company would give substantial raises to its lowest-paid...
3 Oct, 2018
From Carswell to Kavanaugh
“These words did in G. Harrold Carswell nearly five decades ago: “I am Southern by ancestry, birth, training, inclination, belief...
26 Sep, 2018
Lie and deny
“It is difficult to keep my head from exploding with each new day’s political developments. So now Rod Rosenstein is...
26 Sep, 2018
The curse of eve
“This is so much bigger than Brett Kavanaugh, or the outcome of his nomination. Women are suddenly opening their secret...
18 Sep, 2018
On Dealing with China
“Ever since China’s economic reforms began in 1978, the goal of US foreign policy has been to “manage” China’s rise...
15 Sep, 2018
Hurricane Trump, Season 2
“A year ago I wrote about the problems in Houston, I wrote with great frustration about political expedience, poor planning,...