Must we talk interminably about this Trump person?
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…
… a Bill Longstaff blog
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…
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…
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,…
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…
“A paltry sum,” said Chandni Raina, India’s representative at the recent United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan. Ms. Raina was referring to…
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…
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…