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Sunday, June 29, 2025Human Relationships in a Fraught World Article discusses historic conflicts and human relationships going back to the Romans. Has human nature changed? That is a question to ponder.
Saturday, June 14, 2025The World with Trump's Heavy Hand On It Article describes Trump's friction with Gavin Newsom in California and also discusses his relations with other important world leaders.
Monday, May 26, 2025A New Pope Is Elected -- a Man of the People For the first time an American has been elected pope. Long considered a man of the people, much is expected of him to improve the lives of the disadvantaged. We all wish him luck.
Sunday, April 20, 2025Trump's World: Unbelievable Is Its Opposite and Impossible Is Just a Word Trump in the Middle East and now his retrograde tariff policies betray an almost unbelievable ignorance that only Trump can muster. The article elaborates.
Monday, April 7, 2025Trump Imposes Import Tariffs -- Is that Good? Article assesses Trump's import tariffs and how they could help or, worse, harm the economy. The whole betrays Trump's ignorance of both history and economics.
Wednesday, March 26, 2025Scrambling for Peace Article points out the difficulties of making a durable peace. Citing examples, it reminds us how a peace agreement in Vietnam was violated promptly by the North after the U.S. left. They captured the South, reuniting the country. In Ukraine the multiplicity of parties involved makes the problem even more complex.
Tuesday, March 11, 2025Trump Speaks to Congress and Bullies Democrats Article discusses Trump's speech to Congress and his generally aggressive tone towards Democrats - unusual for a State of the Union address that seeks to pave the way for a successful legislative agenda.
Tuesday, March 4, 2025It's Easier to Start a War than End It In the current context of the Middle East and the Ukraine war, the article discusses why and how it is easier to start a war than to draw it to a conclusion.
Saturday, February 15, 2025Trump Runs Riot Ignorant of Palestine History The article describes the Israel/Palestine situation through the lens of history. Such a perspective explains the Palestinian cause and cries out for a solution giving Palestinians some hope.
Thursday, February 6, 2025Trump Import Tariffs causing Chaos Article examines the import tariffs and their consequences -- not the smartest move by all accounts.
Tuesday, January 28, 2025Lethal California Fires and a New President The article discusses the fires in California and the possibility of exacerbation by global warming... plus the issue of a new president who has called global warming a contrived hoax.
Thursday, January 9, 2025Peace in Our Time... and Extra Money to Boot Christmas is over and so is its message of peace. Regional wars and their participants have resumed their belligerency. Is there a way to stop this and settle disputes peacefully?
Sunday, December 22, 2024The Middle East in Turmoil ... Again The article looks at the invasion of Gaza and the possibility of war crimes committed there, given the vast number of civilian casualties. Israel is also being investigated by the ICC on that score.
Tuesday, December 10, 2024COP29 and Its Implications The recent COP29 conference confirmed the seriousness of global warming and why it is necessary to take action now. This article provides additional details.
Wednesday, November 27, 2024Arrest Warrant for Netanyahu An arrest warrant for Netanyahu has been issued by the International Criminal Court in a first for any head of government in the court's history. The article addresses the issues involved.
Wednesday, November 27, 2024Curious Appointments -- Trump Nominees and Their Expertise Trump's nominees for his cabinet leave one thinking. Is he losing it in his old age? But there is something else. Trump demands loyalty above all.
Sunday, November 10, 2024Presidents and Lovers A recap of the U.S. election and Trump's hush money problem. Biden too had his own difficulties with son Hunter's influence peddling etc. four years ago and his own exuberant attentions to female staffers when a young congressman.
Friday, October 25, 2024An Iconic Bridge, Its History, and a Veiled Human Fear A look at the pt the historic Mostar bridge in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Built originally during the reign of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, it was destroyed in the Yugoslav civil war and had to be reconstructed. There are lessons to be drawn from its history.
Friday, October 18, 2024Why We Must Vote Plus Two Current Major Issues The article stresses the importance of voting. If both candidates are not what one would have liked then on has to consider the possibility of voting for the one that worries us least.
Tuesday, October 1, 2024The Politics of War and the Cycle of War and Peace Israel's War against thee Palestinians has killed 43,000 civilians most of them women and children with not a peep out of our pusillanimous president
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