
Brexit could be a model for what nations should do if the political leadership was there. But it isn’t. I imagine when British Prime Minister David Cameron secured an agreement with European […]
Brexit could be a model for what nations should do if the political leadership was there. But it isn’t. I imagine when British Prime Minister David Cameron secured an agreement with European […]
What are we writing about when we’re “Nature Writing?” This question is prompted by thoughts from the excellent three-day little festival in South London, the Balham Literary Festival, titled A Way of […]
For the past year I have had some health issues that have taken me out of active circulation—nothing life-threatening, but certainly life changing during the period, and for a little while yet. […]
It’s time to try to kill a certain meme that’s already going around, and which we’ll be seeing a lot more of in the coming months–that people voting for Ralph Nader in […]
I noted in a Facebook post the other day that the current political environment is reminding me of the early 2000s and the run-up to the Iraq invasion. I still believe this, […]
Tennis star’s positive doping test comes as a real shock. I guess I kinda sorta feel bad for Maria Sharapova. She has been a pleasure to watch on the court for a […]
The Clinton camp breaks out the Karl Rove Playbook. So my man Bernie did fine in New Hampshire, and now the gloves have come off. I assume he knew what would be […]
In our last discussion of the dangers posed by the current round of free trade deals under consideration in the US, Europe and Asia a while back, we noted (as have others) […]
The Democratic Party needs more attractive candidates—and they need young ones, to match the youth of the GOP. So the Democratic nominating process this year has three candidates if one includes Martin O’Malley, […]
If one were looking for an apt metaphor to reflect the state of modern America, which would you choose: the surprising success of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, or the deliberate poisoning of […]