Historians will debate the importance of the Obama Administration and its role in American history for decades to come, of course. The legacy which presidents leave behind them is always a concern of our chief executives, and it has been of even more … [Read more...] about The Obama Legacy
Contributor: Sol W. Sanders
Hillary vs. Trump – Decision Time
In the last critical hours before the American people decide their new leadership, the hyperbole will mount into near hysteria. Much, if not most, of what is said is either irrelevant or grossly inaccurate. Even the descriptive monologs of The … [Read more...] about Hillary vs. Trump – Decision Time
Mr. Kerry in Wonderland
There is an old disputed argument that extensive air travel causes physical injury and distorts cognitive thinking. [Stewardesses did remark that during the changeover in the mid-20th century from internal combustion and jet-prop engines interrupted … [Read more...] about Mr. Kerry in Wonderland
Elections 2016 – Swapping Myths*
Enduring American political parties have always been coalitions. The country is too big and populous, with too many strong regional and other economic demands to meet the models of European-style ideological political configurations. In reality, the … [Read more...] about Elections 2016 – Swapping Myths*
Obama’s Syrian Legacy*
It would be hard to exaggerate the mess in the Middle East that Pres. Barack Obama is leaving his successor. While the five-year Syrian civil war continues unabated, pitting different armed groups against each other with their foreign sponsors, … [Read more...] about Obama’s Syrian Legacy*
The Finns Choose*
Left: Finland shares a 1,340km (833-mile) border with Russia and has universal male conscription for all men above 18. Do the Finns know something we don’t? Reporting out of Helsinki – as deficient as ever with the mainstream media – says the Finns … [Read more...] about The Finns Choose*
Facing Facts* (On Islamic Terrorism)
There is a consensus that Islamic terrorism is now the greatest threat to America’s peace and stability. [Some few would demur; that it takes a close second place to current economic stagnation.] Within that consensus, there are two distinct … [Read more...] about Facing Facts* (On Islamic Terrorism)
US Presidential Election’s Media Disaster*
Perhaps not since 1936 has there been such a failing through prejudicial media reporting of a presidential election. Then, of course, the enormously popular weekly, The Literary Digest, predicted a strong victory for the Republican conservative … [Read more...] about US Presidential Election’s Media Disaster*
Misplaced Charity*
Pres. Barack Obama’s proposal for what would be a substantial new entry of Syrian refugees is a major miscalculation of traditional American morality and generosity. It is true that the 13.5 million Syrian refugees, half of them expelled or hounded … [Read more...] about Misplaced Charity*
Shame on Us!
The almost total absence of public mourning for an 85-year-old Christian priest whose throat was slit by Islamist terrorists while he led prayer in a small church in Normandy, France, is a scandal. Even the French have demonstrated less feeling for … [Read more...] about Shame on Us!