A few thoughts for the silent majority. There are only 193 countries in the world, and I like to have some idea of what's ...

It is 200 miles from where I am in Cairo to the Rafah border crossing into Gaza. Parked in the arid sands in the northern ...

Dictator Donald Trump’s ego has gone global and dominates the news cycle.  His domestic opponents are left with too little ...

A Golden Age “In the United States, we’ve announced the golden age of America,” Trump said at the Saudi-U.S. Investment Forum ...

As Trump and friends claim control over the country, celebrating their war on migrants – “the enemy” of the moment, whom they ...

There’s a criticism which I see with some frequency in the animal-rights movement which argues those who view cultivated meat ...

Those numbers are spelled out — in seashells — in a May 15 Instagram photo posted by former FBI director James Comey. The ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a skilled salesperson, though the product he peddles is deeply flawed. His current challenge is to convince ...

During President Donald Trump’s first three months in office, his administration has targeted dozens of former officials who criticized him or opposed his ...

Congressional Republicans are moving quickly to enact Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill” that would cut spending on the social safety net and increase ...

For folks who have not followed the Elon Musk-DOGE clown show, their main exhibit is the so-called “Wall of Receipts” that is supposed to show all the ...

I’m married to a German citizen who’s a life-long resident here in Hamburg, and I spent most of the winter and spring in this ...