In May writer/director Mohammad Rasoulof fled Iran. On May 24 he presented “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” at the Cannes Film Festival, winning a 12-minute standing ovation, four awards plus a Palme …

Donald Trump is entering his second term with vows to cut a vast array of government services and a radical plan to do so. Rather than relying on his party’s control of Congress to trim the budget, …

No one better illustrates the sinister consequences of great wealth turned into unaccountable power than Elon Musk. Musk, the richest person in the world, is not only claiming presidential …

Trump et al see bête noires everywhere. Where some of us try to look upon the world with optimism, hoping that an arc of progress is inching up, the Trumpalytes see disaster. Consider the …

Even with high turnout, endorsements from top Republicans and former Trump aides, and outspending the Trump-Vance ticket by nearly $460 million, Democrats still lost the White House, as well as both …

It doesn’t take an historian to appreciate the long standing interdependence between the U.S. and most European nations. Centuries after that continent’s multiple invasions in the New World - and …

Chiwetel Ejiofor, the British actor and screenwriter, hits a home run directing “Rob Peace,” a gripping biopic streaming on Netflix now. This film is based on a 2014 biography, “The Short and …

When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, the world entered a period of unipolarity led by the United States. The US set the rules of the game in terms of international relations and engaged in …

On Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, Trump visited San Francisco to dip once again into the deep pool of dark money available to fund his transition from convicted felon to the office of the 47th President …

My father and I, discouraged at the election over the holiday, opened a book of poetry I brought along to the house. Somewhere we traveled was back in time to John F. Kennedy’s inauguration on …

“APOTHECARY: n. — the physician’s accomplice, undertaker’s benefactor, and grave worm’s provider” — Ambrose Bierce There have been a number of studies of people who can’t afford …

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – If we had only known that ignorance really was bliss, that human stupidity was the ultimate goal in life, that to be “woke” was not just a bad thing but the worst thing a …

“I will destroy you.” When my kids were of cartoon age, this TV line often rang through the den weekday mornings – a lower-than-low voice from an ever-booming, dominantly villainous …

Dr. Kildare. Marcus Welby, MD. Norman Rockwell’s doctor examining a child in a home-office. All gone. Rest in Peace. The demise began subtly, with words. We went from “GP” (general …

Having simmered and frothed all week, it came bubbling out fast on the Friday night capping election week at the alma mater’s homecoming reunion: “The (manure) is hitting the fan, and it’s …

Many scientists at the federal health agencies await the second Donald Trump administration with dread as well as uncertainty over how the president-elect will reconcile starkly different …

“They’re growing houses in the fields between the towns/And the Starlight drive-in movie’s closing down/The road is gone to the way it was before/And the spaces won’t be spaces anymore” — …

If you’ve ever questioned whether our country has an inequality problem, this election should provide all the evidence you need. As billionaires used their financial firepower to throw support to …

Ann Arbor – A Special Committee of the United Nations Office of the High Commission on Human Rights has issued a new report on Israeli actions in Gaza concluding that they fit the profile of …

Watching season two of “Sprint” on Netflix recently, American sprinter Noah Lyles says from the 2024 Paris Olympics that the COVID pandemic is over. For him, it’s the place and time to run fast …