Since the U.S. presidential election, I have had to pinch myself occasionally to believe I’m still in the real world. It just gets more and…

On December 29th, former U.S. president Jimmy Carter died in Plains, Georgia at the ripe old age of 100. As the new year replaces the…

In a recent post I discussed how an alienating communication environment helped elect Donald Trump. A number of other factors have been accused of contributing…

President-elect Donald Trump values loyalty above all. He has never hesitated to use menace and harassment to coerce into line or if necessary purge those…

How, exactly, does a such a creature as Donald Trump become president of the most powerful nation on Earth? The blame falls primarily, of course,…

Did the American people just vote, in a free and fair election, to terminate their experiment in Republican government? They’ve had a good run—248 years—but…

Quite a list of American publications, including The New York Times, Boston Globe, Seattle Times, Las Vegas Sun and The New Yorker, have endorsed Kamala…

I greatly admire U.S. President Joe Biden. I believe him to be one of the best presidents the United States has had. And he is…

The New York Times ran a surprising article last Friday, suggesting that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has gone rogue, accusing him of “forcing the…

Of course Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race. It was the best thing for the nation he loves, and he’s been serving his…

Why, one wonders, would so many Americans be prepared to elect a president with such contempt for democracy, one of the country’s cardinal values. A…

The Dr. Strangelove’s are at it again. As if there wasn’t enough to worry about with the possibility of Donald Trump resuming the presidency of…