An ignored book worth unearthing at this traumatic time was published back in 1953, the very year Ike’s baleful pair of henchmen, the Dulles Brothers, covertly replaced Iran’s obstreperous …

Republicans have nothing left when it comes to Trump’s fake Iran “war,” other than grasping at straws. Nothing left but to try and convince us that a “war” was needed to stop Iran from …

There are many intelligent, astute columnists who write for this fine and much-needed publication. Hal Crowther is my favorite and his recent piece, “Hate Males: A Gender War Warning” (June 2026 …

On our 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States, MAGA Nation is trying to disguise criticism of POTUS #45-#47 in non-existent, make-believe medical terminology. Trump Derangement …

The Potomac River flows between Virginia and Maryland and for a few miles Washington, D.C. I have fond memories from my youth when I swam and canoed in the Potomac. So I was disturbed and …

Donald Trump has been lying all his political life and much of his personal life. And he apparently doesn’t care what damage his lies do. The latest manifestation occurred June 5 when the …

A core role of the U.S. Department of Justice is to protect people from abuse by giant corporations. But DOJ’s present inhabitants have twisted that mission backwards — using the agency to …

Anyone who ever encountered me in print knows what I think of Donald Trump. I quote from page 107 of “Bible Belt Blues,” a book with my name on the dust jacket: “God help us, we have what we …

In seeking never to repeat the horrors of 9/11, Congress took the step to merge relevant civilian operations – customs, immigration, airports, nonmilitary national security and intelligence. …

The journey of my prayer rug reflects my own as a Muslim American. It has seen a lot, and despite its fraying fringes, remains resilient as ever. Praying five times each day is one of the …

Signals that Donald Trump is losing his grip flash across our screens nearly every hour, but what arrived just the other day was new, different and historically significant. The moment occurred at a …

In its program-slashing, 2027 Department of Agriculture budget plan, the White House hoped to head off sure-to-come complaints by tying spending cuts to that handy whipping boy, big bad government. …

President Donald Trump took over the TV to tell the world that he intends to bomb Iran back into the Stone Age. God Bless America. And YABADABADOO! I had been thinking that I might be …

It appears that folks living in the gently rolling farmland of southwestern Ohio don’t want a 2-million-square-foot data center plopped down the road from their front porches. What’s wrong with …

New information published April 10 by the New York Times further suggests that the US military may have lied when it tried to pin the blame for a February airstrike that killed 21 people in Iran on …

You may have heard the Democratic Party is facing a crisis: The brand is weak. Poll after poll shows Americans view the party no more favorably than the Republican Party, despite the GOP having a …

A Florida-based federal judge on April 13 dismissed President Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal over its reporting on a “bawdy” birthday letter the Republican …

The United States military has killed five more people suspected of drug smuggling in the latest boat bombing operation that many international law experts consider to be acts of murder, Brad Reed …

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán April 12 conceded defeat to conservative lawmaker Peter Magyar in parliamentary elections that ended 16 years of increasingly authoritarian Christian …

US President Donald Trump on April 12 announced a military blockade of the Strait of Hormuz as Vice President JD Vance’s negotiating team failed to gain the trust of their Iranian counterparts, who …