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Eating Hats: The Korean Thaw
The recent stunning revelation this that CIA Director (and the likely next Secretary of State) Mike Pompeo met with North Korea’s leader...
Jeremiah
Apr 25, 201812 min read


Trading Barbs...For Now
Everyone pause and take a deep breath. Donald Trump is right -- the United States is not in a trade war with China. Yet. As the rhetoric...
MC
Apr 20, 20188 min read


The Emperor & His Apprentice
In what must be the worse kept secret in recent political memory the 14th Malaysian general election has been officially called for May...
MC
Apr 16, 20187 min read


In the Name of Love
The greatness of the United States lies in the interwoven tapestry of its history, found in everything from the ad hoc debates that...
MC
Apr 9, 20189 min read


Trump's Nixon Moment
Be still the palpitating hearts of those who see in the above title an analogy to Watergate (though that may yet come from Robert...
MC
Mar 13, 201810 min read


The Emperor's New Clothes
There is a certain predictable rhythm to China’s history which, in some ways, is as immutable as the slab-like cliffs which line the...
MC
Mar 5, 20189 min read


Seeking Newer Worlds
2018 is an important year for anniversaries. It is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Nelson Mandela; the seventieth of the...
MC
Feb 26, 20184 min read


What Trump Teaches Us About Education
Perhaps it is providential that a figure so garishly inarticulate as Donald Trump landed in the White House when he did. His very...
MC
Feb 20, 20185 min read


The Anti-Trump: Tammy Duckworth
If guts and gumption were the only criteria for high office, Tammy Duckworth would already be President of the United States. When the...
MC
Feb 12, 201811 min read


Teflon Don Strikes Back: The Trump Era --Part Three
1.Elephants in the Room The Watergate scandal was a laborious exercise in connecting the dots, linking some hapless amateur burglars to...
MC
Feb 5, 20184 min read


The Trump Era: Part Two (Mr. GOP)
It’s surreal watching North Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham leap to President Donald Trump’s defense on cable TV, denouncing “this...
MC
Jan 29, 20186 min read


Sanity Check
In history, everything old invariably becomes new again. Was this petty, snarling man, so seemingly utterly lacking in presidential...
MC
Jan 22, 20189 min read


According to What?: Ai Wewei Today
Like most years of late, 2017 wound down on a bittersweet note. This website celebrates one full year of existence in which our...
MC
Jan 9, 201814 min read


The Trump Era: Part One
There he is, the President, duality personified: both immovable object and irresistible force, unsmiling with slitty eyes beneath that...
Jeremiah
Jan 1, 20185 min read


The Dreamer: T.E. Lawrence & the Middle East
Donald Trump’s recent recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capitol was swift and predictable: Arab nations, among them hitherto staunch...
MC
Dec 12, 201710 min read


Our Revolution: Are the Democrats Becoming the Sanders Party?
What is the secret to Bernie Sanders' enduring popularity? And why is he even in the running for the Democratic nomination in 2020,...
MC
Dec 5, 20177 min read


Becalmed At Home: Eroding Abroad
Almost a year into the Trump presidency, the United States domestically has not gone over a cliff. It's constitution-guaranteed system...
Jeremiah
Nov 28, 201710 min read


The Pitfalls of Positive Thinking
Donald Trump is a self-help advocate. He always has tried to create his own reality by saying what he wants to be true. Where many see...
MC
Nov 7, 20179 min read


The Lionheart Example: Junichiro Koizumi
Every few political cycles or so, western nations tend to experience periods of sudden, sustained change where a hitherto ossified...
MC
Oct 23, 201711 min read


Turn Bullets Into Hope
Another day, another massacre in an American city at the hands of a disturbed individual armed with what most other countries would...
MC
Oct 4, 20176 min read
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