Foreign aid helps the world’s neediest people and advances U.S. national interest
If charity begins at home, as English author Thomas Browne wrote nearly 500 years ago, how come the United States spends tens of billions of …
Promise of Gaza war’s end now envisions mass expulsion, gentrification
A centuries-old Latin saying goes like this: “Male ulciscitur dedecus sibi illatum, qui amputat nasum suum.” Loose translation: Be careful when you do something out …
Democratic Party floundering as Trump zealots, political mercenaries seize control
“Insanity,” some wise person said, “is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” If that is so, the Democratic Party …
Federal diversity purge strikes major blow to efforts to make America less imperfect
Executive Orders which President Donald Trump signed on his first day in office launched a flurry of activities that included sending perhaps thousands of federal …
As Trump flexes presidential muscle, polls refute claim of ‘powerful mandate’
President Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday was possible because he won the election in November fairly. He did not seize power. To reject him as …
Scientists explore tree talk, bird songs, scam artists and dying in the animal world
About six years ago, a female orca carried her dead baby for 17 days across thousands of miles of the Salish Sea. Last month, the …
The butcher’s knife, the lamb’s cry – and ascent of the billionaires
Forty-three of the 400 richest Americans listed by Forbes in 2018 were born in 20 countries on six continents: eight from Israel, including Micky Arison, …
Oligarchs will sit at the table in Trump 2.0; average Americans likely to be on the menu
Thirty-two years ago, Bill Clinton’s strategist James Carville declared, “It’s the economy, stupid.” Carville was, of course, merely stating a truism about American elections: concern …
Proposed ‘ghoulish’ Jonestown tourist attraction will dishonor memory of those who died
On Nov. 18, 1978, Peoples Temple founder Jim Jones leads hundreds of his followers in a mass murder-suicide at their agricultural commune in a remote …
Lab work done in the real swamp so, America, get ready to meet Florida
Conservatives have always dreamed of “draining the swamp” in Washington, D.C., and getting rid of the “Deep State.” Their dream is finally being realized. But …