22 Jun, 2017
Trump channels Nero
“Donald Trump is doing everything in his considerable power to insure a future of rising oceans, dirty unbreathable air, more...
17 Jun, 2017
Disengaging with Cuba
“President Obama’s engagement with Cuba was one of his administration’s success stories. The policy shift was based on the entirely...
15 Jun, 2017
Men Shouldn’t Forget the President’s Misogyny
“Father’s Day is an appropriate time to remember that the man occupying the White House represents among the worst expressions...
14 Jun, 2017
Keeping Trump Alive: A Strange Consensus
“The leaders of both parties are divided on numerous matters, but on one critical piece of business they seem united:...
4 Jun, 2017
Evil and the Paris Accords
“Much ink was spilled in the year leading up to the election of the president on the subject of incipient...
2 Jun, 2017
Anti-Science Trumps Climate Change
“True to form, President Trump has pulled the US out of the Paris accord on climate change, joining Syria and...
28 May, 2017
All Is Not Quiet on the Western Front
“Donald Trump’s visit to NATO headquarters last week was consistent with two of his foreign-policy views: the need to pursue...
24 May, 2017
What Do Trump and NATO Have in Common? Neither Make Us Safer
“It is enticing to speculate on what gaffes President Donald Trump might commit at the NATO Summit May 24-25, at...
18 May, 2017
Hostage to the rules of espionage
“Welcome to the last paragraph of a Washington Post story the other day, a loose fragment of news, a homeless...
17 May, 2017
Watergate II? A Scenario for Trump’s Resignation
“Every day brings bad news for Trump’s presidency. Every day is a reminder that this man is mentally, temperamentally…” Mel...
11 May, 2017
Impeach now
“Seriously. Now is the time. Impeach.” Tom H. Hastings Published in: Gilmer Free Press, The Chronicle of Winston – Salem,...
11 May, 2017
‘Classified’ America
“For a journalist — especially one covering government and politics — the most suspicious, least trustworthy word in the language...
2 May, 2017
Trump kleptocracy
“The Trump budget—pure profit for Pentagon corporate contractors. The Trump tax “reform”—massive tax cuts for the rich. Really? We are...
19 Apr, 2017
The Shape-Shifter
“People in the media are having difficulty in figuring out where Donald Trump’s administration stands on foreign policy issues…” Mel...
18 Apr, 2017
The Emerging Worldwide Alliance of Rightwing Parties, Led by Putin and Trump
“Political parties on the far right are today enjoying a surge of support that they have not experienced since their...