Is Biden Really the Lincoln of Our Time?
Biden is inviting a comparison of what he faces with what Abraham Lincoln faced when he took office in 1861 with seven Southern states having voted to secede and...
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Is Afghanistan a Failed Mission?
As in Vietnam from 1965 to 1973, the year our prisoners of war came home, America did not lose a major battle in Afghanistan. Yet we did not win...
As America Recedes, China Rises
As our July Fourth celebrations were beginning, the U.S. quietly closed and abandoned Bagram Air Base, the largest American military base between the Persian Gulf and the South China...
EU to Orbán: Back Gay Rights or Get Out!
Respect LBGT rights or get out of the EU, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte instructed Hungary's Viktor Orbán at last week's gathering of the European Union in Brussels. ...
Boris Johnson Defies Vladimir Putin’s Claim to Crimea
About that clash between a British destroyer and Russian warplanes and warships in the Black Sea last week there are conflicting versions. ...
Will Bishops Deny Biden Communion?
Last week, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops voted 168-55, more than 3-1, to provide new guidance for receiving Holy Communion. Behind the decision? Bishops’ alarm that the public...
Joe Manchin: Racist or Profile in Courage?
History is not going to condemn Joe Manchin for voting his conscience and convictions in the face of the abuse he is receiving. ...
Were the Wars Wise? Were They Worth It?
Afghanistan and Iraq cost us 7,000 dead and 40,000 wounded. Were they necessary wars? Were they wise? Were they worth it? ...
Does Our Diversity Portend Disintegration?
After nine people were shot to death by a public transit worker, who then killed himself in San Jose, the latest mass murder in America, California Governor Gavin Newsom...
Bibi & Hamas — Only Winners in Gaza War
Clearly, the principal winner from this conflict is Bibi Netanyahu, who was within days of being replaced as prime minister by an opposition coalition when fighting erupted. ...
Has the Backlash Arrived for Police-bashing?
In the streets of America's cities, violent crimes are spiking to heights unseen since the 1990s. And, instead of "Defund the Police!" the insistent cry is, "Where are the...
Where Did All Those “Capitalist Pigs” Go?
Today's billionaires have come to understand how to make there astonishing wealth acceptable, by ingratiating themselves with their old ideological enemies. ...
Biden vs. Biden on “Is America a Racist Country?”
“Hear me clearly: America is not a racist country.” So declared Sen. Tim Scott, a Black Republican, in his televised rebuttal to Joe Biden’s address to Congress. Asked the...
Biden Bets the Farm — to “Change the World”
Biden, Schumer and Nancy Pelosi mean to use the window of opportunity their slimmest of margins on Capitol Hill have provided them — to "change the world." ...
The D.C. Statehood Power Grab
What is at the root of the drive to make D.C. a state? The answer may be found in the political character of our capital city. ...
Is America Led Today by Anti-Americans?
How can America unite again to do great things if we are led by people who believe America suffers from a great sickness of the soul, an original sin...
Who Will Be the Next “America First” President?
While many older Republican leaders remain wedded to a Bush foreign policy, some of the prospective leaders of the party seem to be adopting their own versions of "America...
Biden Bids Farewell to a “Forever War”
So said President Joe Biden in his announcement that, as of Sept. 11, the 20th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, all U.S. troops...
Putin & Xi Have Red Lines, Too
Are Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping threatening military action regarding Ukraine and Taiwan to test Biden's resolve? ...
For What Should We Fight Russia or China?
If red lines are to be laid down against Russia or China, they ought to be laid down by the one constitutional body with the authority to authorize or...