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Russian and Iranian Threats Dim in Summer Brightness Jun. 18, 2025
Way back in 1919, the poet William Butler Yeats wrote of a time when the "centre cannot hold," and "... 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
Sunset Is Coming on the Summer of Cicadas May. 25, 2024
I hate cicadas. I hate their big, beady eyes. I hate their prehistoric bodies, and how they'll fly i... Read More
As Israel Crushes Hamas, Aid Ukraine and Secure American Borders Apr. 10, 2024
Three invasions with extraordinary global impact and history-shaping consequences have occurred sinc... Read More
Trump Called 'Racist' for Saying 'Invasion' -- Is it Still Racist When Sharpton Says It? Feb. 08, 2024
When former President Donald Trump during his time in office called the massive influx of illegal im... Read More
How Goes It for President Putin? Jul. 20, 2023
WASHINGTON — Well, how are things going for Vladimir Putin? He has been showing a KGB sleuth's... Read More
Prayer, Strength and Gratefulness Jun. 09, 2022
We lived in Belgium in the late 1960s while my father researched for his dissertation. I was too you... Read More
Why Are They Killing Innocent Civilians? Apr. 30, 2022
The photos coming out of Ukraine, coupled with eyewitness accounts, leave no room for doubt. Terribl... Read More
A Parent's Least-Favorite Sci-fi Movie: 'Invasion of the Bed-Snatchers' Mar. 05, 2022
They come at night. We're unconscious, as insensible to our surroundings as if we'd been slipped a s... Read More
One Day as a Bird Mar. 04, 2022
Let's remember life. I woke up before the alarm went off this morning and stretched under the blanke... Read More
What Biden Should Do, Not Just Say, About Ukraine Mar. 02, 2022
Thunderous applause is expected Tuesday night when President Joe Biden will pay tribute to the outnu... Read More
Putin Has Turned His Ukraine Problem Into a Full-Fledged Disaster Mar. 02, 2022
Vladimir Putin had a problem with Ukraine. It was gradually moving into the Western orbit — ex... Read More
Ukraine-Taiwan-US National Security Policy Options Dec. 16, 2021
The Biden administration's policy weaknesses and disorganization are the unifying denominator in the... Read More
While Biden Slept: Appeasement and Accommodation Dec. 14, 2021
Speaking to the House of Commons in 1948, Winston Churchill, paraphrasing philosopher George Santaya... Read More
You Really Don't Know It All Feb. 21, 2020
We have two dogs as part of our household. Bunny is a 20-pound rescue whom our daughter, Maggie, fou... Read More
Biden Goes All In on the Race Issue Aug. 09, 2019
Those who believed America's racial divide would begin to close with the civil rights acts of the 19... Read More
Ant Invasion Jun. 26, 2019
Q: Our landscape has been invaded by ants. Actually, the ants aren't out in the landscape but instea... Read More
Already Deep in the Politics of Hate Apr. 09, 2019
During an Iowa town hall last week, "Beto" O'Rourke, who had pledged to raise the level of national ... Read More
Congress Loses a Man of Courage and Decency Feb. 16, 2019
As on so many matters, former Republican Senate leader Bob Dole put it best when he said that almost... Read More
How Trump Endangers Global Peace Dec. 15, 2016
To anyone weary of 15 years of inconclusive war, Donald Trump's recent foreign policy speech offered... Read More
