THE UNION JACK
For centuries the ultimate emblem of Britishness, the Union Jack, has meant different things to different people, and now it is back in the news. …
RULE OF LAW
This is a definitive article on the current state of the “Rule of Law” in the United States written by one of the country’s top …
MORAL ROT
This article by David Brooks, on our moral rot, is worth repeating because it reflects a reality that is actually worse than the blatant, criminal, …
SENATOR RUBEN GALLEGO
I was inspired to write this blog by reading a New York Times interview with Arizona Senator Ruben Gallego, who has the distinction of winning …
NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
I had to write a blog this week about the continued integrity of the Nobel Prize Committee in selecting Maria Corina Machado, the Venezuelan democratic …
Robert Reich
I have quoted Robert Reich several times in the past few months, and I am doing so again this week because I couldn’t write a …
PARANOID
One of my favorite catch-phrases is “Just because you’re paranoid, doesn’t mean they aren’t out to get you”. That came to mind this week with …
PRESIDENT
I have decided that I will run for President of the United States. My reasons include, (1) I am certainly no less dumb, stupid, incompetent, …
PUERTO RICO VERSUS DONALD TRUMP
Puerto Rico versus Donald Trump sounds like a David and Goliath slogan, but it may well be a necessary call-to-arms if Trump’s stacking of the …
ROBERT REICH
I am doing something a little different in this blog featuring Robert Reich. He has recently published two articles that, I think, epitomize the current …