The Suicide of Critical Thinking
“It is better to debate a question without
settling it than to settle a question without debating it.”~ Joseph Joubert,
French moralist and essayist, 1896
The idea...
An Acquitted Trump Deploys new Nuclear Weapon and Democrats Start the Self-Flagellation of Primaries
We have had
a week in the U.S. when an impeached President delivers a State of the Union
address on how America has become great again,...
After The US Presidential Acquittal: Vox Populi, Public Mass and America’s Future
“Who is
to decide which is the grimmer sight: withered hearts, or empty skulls?” -Honoré de Balzac
Virtually all
US politicians, irrespective of party, are fond of celebrating...
Looking Beyond Current Crises: American Policy, Global Chaos and Collective Will
Swiss artist
Alberto Giacometti's Man Pointing
extends his finger accusingly. But where is he pointing, where exactly, in what
discernible direction and toward whom or what in...
Where the 2020 Candidates Stand on Russia
The Iowa Caucus and the start of the United States’ presidential
election season is less than a week away. For Americans, this is a big...
Iran crisis test drives fundaments of Trump’s foreign policy
At the core of US president Donald J. Trump’s maximum
pressure campaign against Iran lies the belief that Iran can be forced to
negotiate terms for...
The power of symbolism: Mexico’s Foreign Policy
A few weeks ago, the president of Mexico,
Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) took the decision to grant asylum to Evo
Morales after he fled the...
Reading tea leaves: US backs off support for regime change in Iran
An Iran hawk who advocated killing general Qassim Soleimani, US
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has ordered his diplomats
to limit contacts with militant Iranian exile...
Entangling between Escalation De-escalation
The US airstrike in Iraq has further fueled the
already bloody race of having regional influence between the US and Iran. The
Middle East has been...
America shoots itself in the foot
Following the U.S. President’s approval of the assassination of Iran’s
top general, head of IRGC Quds Force Qassem Soleimani, the U.S. bombed a car
carrying him...