5 Aug, 2017
Are we Egypt?
“When the world watched Egyptians bravely gather en masse in Tahrir Square in Cairo in January 2011 to Arab Spring...
26 Jul, 2017
Jamboree travesty
“I don’t blame the Boy Scouts for President Donald Trump’s bizarre speech at the National Jamboree in West Virginia on...
23 Jul, 2017
Jared Kushner and National Security
“Jared Kushner’s latest revision of his financial picture reveals a very wealthy man, and couple, who continue to profit enormously...
22 Jul, 2017
Progress Report, Donald Trump: Failing
“Assessments are a key tool in most fields. In some industries they are provided through do-well/do-better meetings, in others through...
19 Jul, 2017
TrumPutin moving forward, democracy declines
“As a child of the Cold War (born during the Korean War, learned to talk during the McCarthy Era, turned...
4 Jul, 2017
APB: The US-China-North Korea Tangle
“It’s not too early to sound alarm bells about the downward turn in US-China relations. Trump’s evident frustration with China...
29 Jun, 2017
Fundies, Issa to ISIS
“As the world recoils in disgust at the new Trump America, even independent voters are jumping the Trump ship. In...
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...