Year: 2025

The most cursory glance at Donald Trump’s life would alert a truly dispassionate critic that he could not be trusted to be president. That said, I join mainstream critics who have been reluctant to compare him to Adolph Hitler and the NAZIs. Many of us thought doing so would not be good history, that there…

I’m writing these words from the North Georgia Mountains, my querencia as the Spanish say, meaning a safe haven, home and a place from which one draws strength. It’s here that I feel most whole, secure and at peace. The solitude recharges me. Right now it is raining, playing a symphony on the tin roof,…

The Canadians did the right thing and stood up for themselves and sent a strong message that they would not succumb to bullyism and a wannabe dictator down south. In doing so, CANADA just might be the “greatest country in the world.” They apparently put their domestic differences aside and came together against what they…

Canadians vote today to choose parliamentary representatives and the next prime minister. Polls and word on the street seem to favor the Liberals to win again largely as a backlash at Trump and his policies toward Canada. As they say up that way, they “got their elbows up” and are ready for a fight. We’ll…

Given the strained relations with Canada, I’m forwarding this opinion piece from The Globe and Mail in Ontario. I received it yesterday from George Shafer, a correspondent who lives in Almonte, Ontario, Canada. Mr. Shafer is a frequent contributor to these pages. What the Trump assault on American democracy has taught us Marcus Gee Toronto…

The ongoing Russo-Ukraine war is not going to come out okay for the West. Rumors and facts on the ground all point to capitulation to Russian aggression. It appears inevitable given the equivocation and inability of the president to balance reality with a righteous regard for the belligerents. I keep asking myself what Theodore Roosevelt,…

Many of us have frequently judged our friends by suggesting they are “foxhole buddies.” What we mean, of course, is that they can be trusted to stand by us under the worst circumstances. We have confidence that they will not bolt when things get tough; they can be counted on to hang tough and watch…

Friends and acquaintances ask me all the time what’s wrong, can’t the Trump supporters see what is really going on; don’t they see that Trump is trying to undermine our constitutional government and is committing horrible atrocities? Why, they ask, can’t those who voted for Trump say they made a mistake? Two answers stand out….

On this Easter Sunday let us hope and work toward peace among all peoples. Let us pray to our faiths and embrace our shared humanity across the globe. Let us have the courage to right the wrongs in Ukraine and the Middle East. Above all, however, as Americans, let us have the courage and humility…

I always cringe when I hear our president or political leaders say that the United States is the greatest country in the world. It makes me want to look around sheepishly to see if anyone is listening. I wonder what non-Americans think when they hear such bravado. Moreover, it is just simply impolite and rude…