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Mar 5, 2025, 11:17 PM

Ukraine Security Assurances Exist — at Least on Paper

In the bombastic clash over President Trump’s reluctance to extend security assurances to Ukraine to protect the country against an aggressor like Russia, one “minor” detail has received little, if any, attention. Such assurances already exist --- at least on...

Mar 2, 2025, 6:14 PM

Trump’s ambush of Zelensky

Like big game hunters, President Trump, assisted by his vice president, JD Vance, waited for the prey in their lair --- the Oval Office --- and then let loose with shots heard around the world. Their target, Ukraine President, Volodymry...

Feb 25, 2025, 9:54 PM

Trump’s Potential Kennedy Center Honorees

Finally, we understand why Donald Trump wanted to be president. Given his interest in culture, classical music-opera, dance, art and the like, his priority was to be chairman of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. It slipped...

Feb 19, 2025, 9:09 PM

Is Trump Getting Even With Zelensky?

If you noticed that President Trump drools a bit when he discusses his relationship with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky you are not wrong. After losing the 2020 election, never in the proverbial million years, did Trump think he would ever...

Feb 12, 2025, 9:17 PM

Did Hamas Co-Produce ’60 Minutes’ Piece on War?

If only “60 Minutes” had paused that famous stopwatch before it aired a recent segment on the Hamas-Israeli War. When the piece ended, I expected to hear: “This piece was directed and produced by Hamas, the democratic non-violent, civic organization...

Feb 6, 2025, 9:54 PM

Gaza as an Investment Opportunity

Throughout my life, I have been pretty conservative in investments, thus I have missed out on many “should have” opportunities that ultimately led to huge financial successes. So, when President Trump proposed to move two million Palestinians out of Gaza...

Feb 5, 2025, 11:12 PM

The Misperception of the Perception of Joe Biden

If anyone has been the victim of the expression “perception is reality” it is Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr. While independent analysts, historians and scholars, generally give Biden high marks for his performance as president, he left office with a disapproval...

Jan 19, 2025, 6:55 PM

The Dark Side of Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter, who was laid to rest last week, has generally been described as the best former president in US history. That is half right. Yes, he deserves credit for his outstanding work and commitment to humanitarian causes. He dedicated...

Jan 8, 2025, 10:58 PM

Resignation Over Editorial Cartoon is Chutzpah

While the First Amendment offers constitutional protection for freedom of the press, it does not do so for chutzpah (the Jewish word for audacity, impudence or shamelessness). Someone should tell that to Ann Telnaes, the editorial cartoonist at The Washington...

Jan 6, 2025, 4:48 AM

“The Message” by Coates is a Message of Hate

He is brutal and hateful. I am referring to Ta-Nehisi Coates, the nationally-recognized black intellectual who has made a reputation as a leading writer on race, delivering such a one-sided screed on Israel’s alleged mistreatment of Palestinians that I checked...

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Former political reporter, Detroit News; have been writing political commentary for decades; taught journalism as an adjunct at Detroit's Wayne State University for 45 years; author of 12 books (two fiction).