Where The World Is Heading To?
Even before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the political, economic, financial, cultural, and moral health of the world have been quite unsettling. Most importantly, for centuries there has existed a…
Aerial Warfare: American Bald Eagle Takes Down Drone
Many agree that the United States is fortunate that the soaring Bald Eagle was chosen over the lowly Turkey, proposed by Benjamin Franklin, as its national bird. It is majestic,…
Cancel Culture Comes to Cronkite
Walter Cronkite said on receiving a global-governance award in 1999: “I am in a position to speak my mind. And that is what I propose to do.” Today, those who attend…
Trump Announces Another Historic Middle East Peace Deal, With Israel And Bahrain
President Donald announced another historic peace deal for the Middle East on Friday between Israel and the Kingdom of Bahrain. A joint statement released by the United States, the Kingdom…
The Charter School Advantage
Public charter schools were once viewed as a nonpartisan compromise between vouchers for private schools and no choice at all. Not now. In its 2020 national platform, the Democratic Party…
Cohen’s Hit on Trump Misses in a Big Way
Michael Cohen seems to believe his former boss threw him under the bus. If he did, it was only because the man called Donald J. Trump’s one-time “fixer” was standing…
The Belarus Uprising: A Repeat of Ukraine?
America’s great power competitors, China and Russia, are pushing back against the free world. China’s arc stretches from Hong Kong and the South China Sea through the Himalaya border with…
Workers’rights in the 21st century: Unions and Conscious Capitalism
My first experience with a union came when I represented the newsroom’s intention to hold a vote for a union to the publisher of a national weekly newspaper. I had…
Restore our lives using medical science, data and common sense
Americans are anxious to get back to work and to send their children to school. The science backs them up. We have learned a lot over the past months, and we…
So Long, Tom Terrific
A bit of my childhood died this week, when I learned Tom Seaver, the Hall of Fame pitcher and greatest Met to ever wear the uniform, had died on Monday, reportedly from…
Missile Defense Too Important to Leave to Chance
The Pentagon is wisely examining future risks of missile attack and making plans to prevent them. These plans will take at least 10 years to develop — maybe even longer,…
Why Trump Can Win
Former Vice President Joe Biden may think it’s nice to have Washington on his side. That’s his world, the one in which he’s lived since the early ’70s, when he…
Notes on the 2020 Republican Convention
The 2020 political conventions have drawn to a close with the dramatic (and late night) end of the Republican Convention. And what a show each party presented. Last week we…
Let’s Get Lower Drug Prices AND More Innovation and New Cures!
President Trump has done a lot in his first term to strengthen the U.S. Economy, make America more competitive, and bring good paying jobs back to America. As a result, before the…
SCOTUS To Rule On Charge That Google Success Was Built On Someone Else’s Intellectual Property
Larry Dean is not as famous as he deserves to be but, as the man who developed the code that allows automatic teller machines to accept cards from other banks and…