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Hey, Harvard! Pick Up the Phone and Call Canada May. 28, 2025
Harvard is the oldest American university. Its faculty has won more Nobel Prizes and educated more U... Read More
With Harvard, Trump Has Met His Match May. 27, 2025
SAN DIEGO — I always wondered why Harvard turned out so many lawyers. Now, due to overreach by... Read More
Writing an Op-Ed Is Not Grounds for Deportation Apr. 28, 2025
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
Since January, the Trump administration has abducted several international students and faculty and ... Read More
15 Truths About Tariffs, Some More Uncomfortable Than Others Apr. 08, 2025
SAN DIEGO — As you have likely figured out, President Donald Trump loves tariffs. It's just to... Read More
Is It Meant to Be? Navigating Red Flags With an Old Flame Oct. 24, 2024
Dear Annie: When I was 17 years old, I met a lovely guy here in Canada. We met through a mutual acqu... Read More
Changes in International Tourism Affect Travelers Aug. 11, 2024
By Victor Block As I was perusing the menu at a restaurant while visiting Cologne, Germany, an Engli... Read More
A Pro-Russian U.S. President Moves From Fiction to Reality Feb. 28, 2024
Way back when, I served as senior counsel to the Senate Intelligence Committee. That experience prov... Read More
Six Strategic Challenges For 2024 Jan. 03, 2024
Here's 2024's strategic challenges column — challenges to our so-called international strategi... Read More
'Projecting A Different Picture' Won't Solve Biden's Border Crisis Dec. 27, 2023
The quote in the title receives little media and political attention. It should, for it provides a s... Read More
Enemy Proxies Will Target America's Coasts Dec. 20, 2023
Last week's column addressed Iran's proxy attacks on the world economy and the wallets of individual... Read More
Ain't Budging: Attacked from The Left on Israel, Biden Stands His Ground Dec. 12, 2023
Taking the podium at an event in Boston last Tuesday, President Joe Biden wasted no time taking aim ... Read More
The Travel Outlook for 2024 Dec. 09, 2023
By Victor Block If you're thinking of taking time off next year to explore a place close to home, yo... Read More
The Shell Crisis of 2023: Artillery Munition Shortages Undermine Ukraine and Israel War Efforts Nov. 29, 2023
2023 isn't 1914 and 1915. In two contemporary wars — Ukraine versus Russia and Israel versus H... Read More
Traveling With Kids Can Be Easy and Fun Nov. 26, 2023
By Margot Black The beauty of a family vacation is that you can be the master of your own destiny a... Read More
Holiday Celebrations Around the World Nov. 25, 2023
By Victor Block Model boats are decorated with brightly glimmering lights. Women sprinkle water scen... Read More
Israel's Yemen Front: Iran's Houthi Proxies Wage War at Sea and in Space Nov. 22, 2023
Yemen's complex nest of wars is a hideous but representative example of a bloody, chaotic tragedy ex... Read More
Santiago Is a Dynamic City of Modern and Natural Delights Nov. 12, 2023
By Margot Black Situated between the towering peaks of the Andes Mountains and the azure waters of t... Read More
Save Money and See the Sights in Someone Else's Home Nov. 11, 2023
By Victor Block One summer my family spent 10 fun-filled days on a 60-acre "gentleman's farm" in Mas... Read More
America Faces Multi-Front Proxy Warfare Oct. 27, 2023
Defeat in detail, a classic military stratagem, occurs when a comparatively weaker combatant secures... Read More
America Faces Multi-Front Proxy Warfare Oct. 25, 2023
Defeat in detail, a classic military stratagem, occurs when a comparatively weaker combatant secures... Read More
