29 Jan, 2018
Capitalize on the Olympic Truce, Formalize a Freeze for Freeze with North Korea
“Poor Rex Tillerson. Secretary of State must have sounded like an awesome job to the former Chairman and CEO of...
29 Jan, 2018
Post-Truth and the Dreamers
“”Post-truth is pre-fascism.” This statement closes one chapter of historian Timothy Snyder’s recent book…” Andrew Moss Published in: Donaldsonville Chief,...
19 Jan, 2018
Year One Report Card: Donald Trump Failing
“One year into his presidency Donald Trump has failed and is showing no growth in his role…” Wim Laven Published...
18 Jan, 2018
Dubious Partnership: The US and Saudi Arabia
“In recent months Donald Trump has shown no hesitation to comment critically on political developments in Iran, Pakistan, Venezuela, and...
14 Jan, 2018
Trump’s Comments Recall a Racist Past in Immigration Policy
“The condemnation of Trump’s remarks on immigration has been swift and widespread. Most of the denunciations cast his ideas as...
10 Jan, 2018
Governance by gaslighting
“My father once told me that a man who worked with him told him that his wife walked in on...
7 Jan, 2018
Appeal to the Heartland
“I’m from the Heartland, from the lakes and woods of Minnesota. I lived in Minnesota and Wisconsin for almost all...
5 Jan, 2018
North Korea Diplomacy Needs Defending, Not Snarky Tweets
“As the U.S., the Korean Peninsula, and the world stare down the barrel of what would be a devastating war...
2 Jan, 2018
Culture war on
“If you watch Fox News, Fox and Friends, and that sort of thing, and if you listen to Rush and...
2 Jan, 2018
Truth-Telling in Immigration
“As we enter a new year, 800,000 Dreamers await news of their fate in this country. Thwarted by a president...
1 Jan, 2018
From Swamp to Cesspool
“There is something that has bothered me about Donald Trump’s dishonesty and refusal to face reality, and China has it...
17 Dec, 2017
Arf
“Men are dogs (sorry, dogs!). Trump refers to his ambitions with canine instincts, e.g., he wants to spend $1.5 trillion...
14 Dec, 2017
Peace on the far side of nuclear weapons
““. . . real security can only be shared . . .” I call it news in a cage: the...
13 Dec, 2017
Momentum for Talks with North Korea?
“Possibly, just possibly, a new momentum for direct US-North Korea discussions is developing. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson provided some...
13 Dec, 2017
Stop Trump movement
“Since the #GagMeElection of 2016 we have heard a great deal about “resistance.” Nevertheless, we’ve seen relatively little of it...