Year: 2016

My latest rant came through unedited in response to a good friend who loves Bernie. Here it is, exactly as it spewed through my fingers and onto the keyboard. I share it because I think it relevant to the larger discussion...

Trump vs. the Pope. Who wins?

Barely noticed, is this a covert group supported by the great powers to swing the military balance towards a possible political solution in Geneva? The coalition of multiple groups is behind the surge of pro-Syrian armed forces...

When President Calvin Coolidge visited Cuba in 1928, he did so on a U.S. battleship, which was, in retrospect, a very accurate message to send. I doubt anyone suspected that it would be eighty-eight years before Cubans got a...

If, as seems reasonable, Greg Sargent is correct that the spectacle of Senate hearings on an Obama-nominated Supreme Court Justice will empower hardliners Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, the Republican Establishment has a powerful...