Views from the Beltline

Earlier this month the United Nations passed Resolution A/80/L.48: Commemoration of the abolition of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade, a motion proposed by the…

I have never been a fan of the Roman Catholic Church. Its hierarchical and misogynistic ways grate on my progressive nerves. However, I must confess…

What’s not to celebrate about the Hungarian election? Prime Minister Viktor Orban, good friend of Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, was booted out of office…

President Trump has been trimming the upper ranks of his administration. He has, for instance, fired two of his more notorious cabinet members: Kristi Noem…

The people have spoken. Last weekend, the members of the federal NDP elected Avi Lewis their leader with a solid 56 percent of the first…

If I were a Christian, I would be an Anglican. I was, after all, baptized and confirmed in the Anglican faith. However, having never believed…

Two economic “problems” confound our policy-making. They appear distinct, yet offer a very promising relationship. The first is population decline. Outside of Sub-Saharan Africa, the…

When the American/Israeli attack on Iran hit the news, and the world heard that supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had left office in a body…

The heads of large corporations are perhaps the most powerful men in the United States. And not the least among them are the CEOs of…

I often forget how different we are from Americans in some important ways. I was reminded of this recently while perusing a survey by the…

The American administration has been expressing concern lately about the “decline” of Western civilization. The villain is Europe. Chief purveyor of this notion is Vice…

A recent article in Science Daily expounds on the trials and tribulations of the American middle-aged. It appears that compared to both earlier generations and…