Trump botched all this
by Tom H. Hastings OK, I have seen, in my life, Eisenhower and Kennedy and Johnson and Nixon botch Vietnam. I have seen Reagan botch the Euromissile crisis alongside the…
At Risk—the Idea of America
by Mel Gurtov Perhaps the most damaging legacy of the Trump years is the disservice he and his associates are doing to Americans’ sense of self and nation. In ordinary…
Waiting For Hitler
By Mel Gurtov If there is one thing I have learned as a political analyst, it is that there is no such thing as “never again.” Use of weapons of…
No Exit? The NY Times and North Korea
by Mel Gurtov Three opinion pieces on US policy toward North Korea have appeared in the New York Times in the past week. They deserve critical comment. The writers are…
Presidential Politics and the American Soul
By Robert C Koehler When I want to believe that America is a democracy — indeed, to feel so deeply this is so that my soul trembles — I turn…
WAAAHHHH…but we don’t wanna get arrested!!
By Mike Ferner As the macho, gun-toting, testosterone-addled cowboys who took over the wildlife refuge in Oregon call it quits, their pitiful whine can be heard all the way to…