Five questions for those who support Mr. Trump, his policies, and his pronouncements. And before anyone says, ‘Yeah but there were people convicted of voter fraud’ The numbers contradict the significance (500 between 2016-2024. I guess if you win there…

Since he suffered the tragedy of bone spurs keeping him out of Vietnam, Mr. Trump has craved the thought of combat command. He likely believes he’d have been like Rambo had he gone to Vietnam, but it was denied him.…

It is the way of the world that nothing ever stays the way it was in the mind of most people. Time, people, and most importantly, technology change in the blink of an eye. In the year I was born,…

“War does not determine who is right, only who is left.” – Bertrand Russell Since we seem to be stumbling toward regime change in Iran, something Mr. Trump was very clear about opposing as a presidential candidate (and likely, at…

We have the pleasure of hosting our grandsons at, as they call it, “Grandmother and Grandfather’s hotel,” a couple of days a week here in Warren in the old American Tourister Mill. Both kids, aged 2 and 4, love exploring…

*From Dr. Zhivago by Boris Pasternak If it is not clear to everyone now that this administration, and Mr. Trump, rival the Soviet Union when it comes to prevarication and suppression of the truth as policy it never will. What…

Surprise History Quiz Okay, books away, grab a pen (actually, keyboard) and answer this question, What is the worst Holocaust in recorded history? Answer at the end of this column, but you’ll see it, or should, long before that. Okay,…

If one seeks to be fair in criticizing others, one must acknowledge when you agree with someone as quickly as you are to disagree. To act otherwise is contrary to the spirit of open debate. While I see little redeeming…

The Donroe Doctrine The United States of America is on course to reincarnate the worst of the powerful era of Athens, the devastation of choosing military intervention over diplomacy, and embracing a dangerous foreign policy based on might rather than…

Why Dishonestly Besmirching Character Hurts Us All In an age where reputations can be destroyed with a few keystrokes, the vicious phenomenon of besmirching the character of individuals we may disagree with has become a troubling norm, and few cases…