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Trump Is Right to Keep Ukraine Out of NATO Aug. 20, 2025
After he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska and before he met with Ukrainian Presid... Read More
Newsom Needs To Defend California Before Running For President Jul. 29, 2025
SAN DIEGO — Crafting a column can be an unpredictable endeavor. That is especially true when y... Read More
Despite It All I'm Still a Patriot Jul. 04, 2025
On the eve of our nation's 249th birthday, a Gallup poll finds that only 58% of Americans feel "extr... Read More
Democracy Strikes Out Jul. 02, 2025
In Chief Justice John Roberts's opening statement at his confirmation hearing, he explained that jud... Read More
The Con and the Con Job: Trump Proves a Blowhard on Ukraine Jun. 10, 2025
Last week we marked another anniversary of D-Day, the landing by Allied troops at Normandy, launched... Read More
Democracy Is in Peril. Chapter 109 Jun. 05, 2025
WASHINGTON — "Democracy is in peril" is the warning bubbling up all over popular culture. Pres... Read More
Ukraine and Israel: Twin Targets in a Deadly Blame Game Mar. 12, 2025
On Feb. 24, 2022, 190,000 Russian troops invaded Ukraine. Two years later, Russian President Vladimi... Read More
Pigsty: The World Watches the White House Turned to Trash Mar. 04, 2025
"My heart has always been truly convinced," Marquis de Lafayette declared 250 years ago, "that in se... Read More
Trump Failed Ukraine, the Cause of Freedom and the American People Mar. 04, 2025
SAN DIEGO — It's too bad the Academy Awards are over with. President Donald Trump would be a s... Read More
USAID v. Trump Mar. 03, 2025
WASHINGTON — I don't like the way President Donald Trump abruptly fired swaths of federal work... Read More
The Why Behind the Fourth Amendment Makes One Appreciate the Need Feb. 25, 2025
The United Kingdom's greed in the late 17th Century contributed to what we in America have come to k... Read More
The Trump/Musk Demolition of USAID is a Scandal Feb. 07, 2025
A "special government employee," wealthy beyond the dreams of Croesus, chose as his first target the... Read More
Elections Have Consequences Feb. 07, 2025
Republicans have never met a government program outside the Defense Department that they wanted to s... Read More
The Last Safe Place Feb. 07, 2025
A few years ago, some people acted like they were horrified when a poll showed that a lot of high sc... Read More
Democrats Aren't Democracy's Party Jan. 13, 2025
When Donald Trump is sworn in next week, America will have a president for the first time in four ye... Read More
Evidence Points to Supreme Court as Enemy of Democracy Jan. 08, 2025
American politics are a mess. Congress is so tied in knots that it can barely fund the federal gover... Read More
Remembering Democracy Nov. 08, 2024
Someday, someone's going to have to remember. If it's not too many years, it might not be that hard ... Read More
Be Grateful Oct. 25, 2024
After I voted yesterday, I made it a point to thank every poll worker and citizen volunteering at ou... Read More
Trump Faces His Own Battle of Waterloo on Election Day Oct. 23, 2024
Some of the cost for Donald Trump's room and board after the November election will be borne by taxp... Read More
To Rebuild the Public's Trust, the Media Must Stay Out of the Arena Oct. 22, 2024
SAN DIEGO — The media can't get it right. The scary part is that, much of the time, we don't e... Read More
