Views from the Beltline

In a recent New York Times article, editorial board member Farah Stockman refers to Donald Trump’s foreign policy strategy as “Neanderthal realism.” She defines this…

Let us consider the ways the United States has betrayed us. First and foremost is the trashing of the trade deal, the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement…

The U.S., under new management, has taken a remarkable U-turn. Long recognized as the “leader of the free world,” it now seems to have switched…

When Donald Trump was elected president in 2016, I despaired. The American people had elected a buffoon. I had no doubt this would do some…

Donald Trump has figured much in my posts lately. And it irks me. Why am I wasting so much of my time on a vulgar…

Turning and turning in the widening gyreThe falcon cannot hear the falconer;Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,The blood-dimmed…

Lord Peter Mandelson has not always been a fan of Donald Trump. The long-time member of the British Labour Party and former cabinet minister, has…

In these days of increasing international tensions, we hear incessantly about the magic two percent. Members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) have agreed…

It seems that no indignity is too great for the people of Gaza. After being subjected to perhaps the most horrific assault of the 21st…

One of the many curiosities about American Christianity is how a godless man like Donald Trump has managed to gain more devoted support from white…

On Tuesday a gutsy lady in Washington spoke truth to power. At a church service in Washington National Cathedral, Bishop Mariann E. Budde preached a…

Any commitment the United States may have had to a rules-based international order has been sabotaged by President Trump. As far as he is concerned,…