LEWIS AND CLARK
An article appeared in the December 20, 2025 edition of The Economist which tracked the adventures of Lewis and Clark in their survey of the …
HUMAN EMPATHY
I was reminded during this Christmas season of two very special events that demonstrated human empathy at an unexpected level and in two completely different …
A CANADIAN OPINION
In the United States, we are bombarded on a daily basis with a multitude of downright frightening actions of Donald Trump, and so I thought …
AN ENGLISH OPINION
I am publishing “An English Opinion” to join the “Canadian Opinion” this week, both as commentary, from outside of the U.S., on Donald Trump. His …
WOMEN ARE NOT A MINORITY
Women are not a minority. I have never understood how the current leadership of “Woman’s Movement” has allowed itself to be subsumed, politically, into the …
VON TRAPP
The last living von Trapp child still helps run the family resort in the mountains of New England – a little piece of Austria, inspired …
WEIRDLY
The one line (queue) Americans (weirdly) choose to wait in, is the grocery self-checkout line, which is now often longer than the staffed ones. A …
SECRET TAX BREAKS
An article on secret tax breaks, written by the political analyst Robert Reich, identifies a development that seems to have slipped by the regular media …
PRESIDENT FOR LIFE
This article, President for Life, by J. Michael Luttig, complements his analysis of the “Rule of Law”, which I have published over the past five …
EXECUTIVE ORDERS
The demise of “Executive Orders” would be a great step forward for the American people and a great step back for wannabee authoritarian/dictatorial politicians. Trump’s …