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Hope for the dead

"That God, which ever lives and loves, One God, one law, one element, And one far-off divine event To which the whole creation moves." — Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) When American colonists were oppressed by British monarchs, the word most frequently uttered in pamphlets, ...

The sudden political star of Trump II: Marco Rubio

"White House deploys Marco Rubio to clarify messaging about Iran conflict." So reads the headline on the front page of the Washington Examiner's website in the early hours of April 1, the third month of U.S. military operations against Iran, which have been taking place since Feb. 28. That ...

Democrats be warned: Trump knows your weak spots

Sure, the "No Kings" marches drew millions rightly protesting Donald Trump's assaults on our democratic institutions. But Democrats must dig deeper and ask how Trump could actually win another term after trying to overturn the 2020 election results with a violent attack on the Capitol. It ...

Where’s the Pentagon to save America — and the world — from Trump?

PARIS — Let's face it, the United States has regime changed other countries for far less than Trump is now doing. Where's the pushback against sending troops to Iran in Operation Epic FUBAR — er, Fury? Did all the sensible Pentagon brass get fired for wearing dresses or something? "This ...

Here’s what Trump is turning the US economy into

When he ran for president again in 2024, Trump made three promises to the American public: First, he said he'd "secure" the southern border. Most Americans now believe he's gone too far in this. Second, he'd avoid foreign wars. He said: "We've spent $8 trillion in the Middle East, and we're ...

Lessons from the Vietnam War for Iran

We Americans are an impatient lot. If we must engage in warfare, we would prefer it be wrapped up in weeks, not months, and certainly not years like World War II, Korea and Vietnam. In those wars we had the draft, so more Americans were engaged in fighting and watching their progress, or lack ...