Just another swindle
Good news, folks — our new president says he’s planning a “tax holiday” for you.Well, not directly for you. Trump’s trillion-dollar whopper of a...
Trump’s foreign policy nominees disagree with him
Donald Trump’s foreign policy nominees launched a Reassurance Offensive last week, promising Congress — and the rest of us — that the next president...
Our system comes with no guarantees
There are a lot of dire predictions about our representative democracy out there. We’re just past a presidential election campaign in which candidates complained...
Reviving cash and carry
It seems to me that with all the scary stuff coming out about how clever and unscrupulous rascals are determined to steal our money,...
Where Obama went wrong on foreign policy
On a trip to Manila in 2014, President Barack Obama was pressed by reporters about the “weakness” of his foreign policy, especially in Syria...
Another baby boom may be needed to prevent economic decline
Shortly before Christmas, the US Census Bureau put some coal in the nation’s holiday stocking. It released data highlighting a worrisome trend: The population...
Resolved: Mr. Squirrel must go!
Comes now 2017. The Year of the Squirrel, whom you resolve to rid from your yard, your castle, and your bird feeder in the...
The sore loser syndrome
It seems to me that, with the start of the new year, this is a time to do a bit of philosophizing - a...
The invisible side of caregiving
When you think of the term “caregiver,” you might have the image in your head of the dutiful family member looking out for an...
Partisan politics and the Russian hacking imbroglio
It is a natural human tendency to want all good things to go together and all bad things to go together. That’s why we...
