The U.S., the UK, And the Growing Monolith
For a person who leads the largest western democracy, Mr. Trump seems to have an inordinate love for royalty and he wanted a state...
How to Ease the Ukraine Peace Talks
Despite President Trump's efforts to bring Putin and Zelenskyy together, their meeting remains elusive. The fact is top leaders usually meet after the difficulties...
Trump Plays Golf and Tries Peace Making
It might be a little difficult for the hoi polloi, mere mortals, to comprehend a man flying across the Atlantic Ocean to spend four days...
From the Mystic Tragedy to Conservation
The essence of tragedy is an unexpected twist of fate where happiness abruptly becomes disaster and its sorrowful consequences. Such is the case of...
Human Relationships in a Fraught World
So Israel and Iran have been battering each other -- battered each other till they ran out of missiles, then agreed to a ceasefire....
The world with Trump’s heavy hand on it
So the National Guard has been called in to quell the riots in Los Angeles . . . without as much as a 'by your...
A New Pope is Elected — A Man of the People
It was 6 AM local time in Rome when white smoke was seen pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney. The waiting crowds outside St....
Trump’s World: Unbelievable Is Its Opposite and Impossible Is Just a Word
The events in the Middle East are almost impossible to believe. Israel's government under Netanyahu has become a law unto its own, the latest...
Trump Imposes Import Tariffs — Is That Good?
Pressured by farmers and others affected by cheaper imports, the Smoot-Hawley Act was passed in 1930. It imposed tariffs on imports and caused a reciprocal...
Scrambling For Peace
Scrambling to end the war in Ukraine, President Trump finds himself on one side trying to get the Russians (i.e. Vladimir Putin) to agree to...