I Moved From Locked-Down Virginia To Open Florida, And Faces Came Back To Life
Last Sunday I plopped a steaming hashbrown casserole and a bowl of freshly sliced oranges down on one of a row of endless folding tables covered in those flimsy plastic…
Will The Covid-19 Pandemic Confound Or Enable China’s Strategic Ambitions?
Will China’s negligence unleashing the coronavirus and mendacity exploiting it catalyze a reckoning with the PRC, comparable in significance to the Czech Coup of 1948? And will it crystallize long-term…
Retailers stepping up in more ways than one
Despite the grim economic news, the V-shaped economic recovery President Donald Trump has talked about may soon be a reality. The news that several novel coronavirus vaccines will soon be…
The Trump Administration Must Prevent Maduro from Stealing from Americans to Aid His Repressive Regime
Venezuela’s recent facade election makes the country’s recovery a great deal less likely and it strengthens dictator strongman Nicolas Maduro’s grasp on power. The election results were a foregone conclusion…
Coronavirus goal posts must not be allowed to shift again
With safe and effective vaccines starting to be distributed, the public can see light at the end of the very long and dark COVID-19 tunnel. Not so fast, our moral…
There’s No Reason for Biden to Reward Iran
Back in September, Joe Biden described his Iran policy in an op-ed for CNN. After several paragraphs criticizing President Trump, Biden made an “unshakable commitment to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear…
California’s Democratic dominance may soon prove deadly
As of Sunday, most Californians are under strict stay-at-home orders. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) lockdown shutters businesses, bars and cultural centers; makes restaurants takeout-only; and sends religious services outdoors. Gatherings with…
Putting Human Rights Into Negotiations With Iran
During the presidential campaign, candidate Biden never spared his words criticizing the Trump administration’s Iran policy, in particular the decision to withdraw from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).…
America opposes the Stealth Green New Deal
And that some Senators are considering adding the bill in the dark of night into a “must pass omnibus spending bill” is truly sinister. According to recent news reports, Senator…
Obama III
This is not a third Obama term. —Joe Biden, November 24, 2020 He has a funny way of showing it. Biden’s recent moves provide little comfort for Americans looking for…
What’s Biden Hidin’?
Ever since being declared president-elect, Joe Biden has been playing it cool. He’s refused to engage with President Donald J. Trump’s allegation that the outcome of the election turned on voter fraud.…
What the hell is going on?
Pardon us if we are a little confused regarding the current status of the 2020 election results. We have been saying all along that we are dedicated to following the…
Conservative Criticism of Fox Is Unfair and Unbalanced
For some unexplainable reason, conservatives rush towards fratricide with the same kind of urgency that drives lemmings over the edge of the cliff. It’s what they do, even when it’s…
Identity Politics as the Politics of Hatred
Historically, ubiquitous political and cultural hatred, be it individual or multitudinous, is the combination of the person’s warlike self-loathing and his or her violent rejection of all forms of otherness. Such…
Intellectual Property: Stealing is wrong, even if you’re Google
While the rest of the country enjoyed their Thanksgiving dinners and began their Christmas shopping, the big brass at Google had a lot to think and worry about over the long weekend. You…