The MAGA Movement Must Either Rehabilitate or Purge QAnon Cultists from Its Ranks

January 15, 2021

The Trump-inspired “Make America Great Again” (MAGA) movement must either rehabilitate or purge the QAnon cultists in its ranks because they're discrediting and potentially even dangerous, to say noth…

Brexit Was Johnson’s Churchillian Moment. So Britain Can Now Have Its Cake and Eat It?

January 15, 2021

Opinion

Britain got its independence back and got the best trade deal it could hope for with Brussels. Too good to be true? There was a great deal of bluffing on both sides, right up to the line. But the Brex…

US Meddling in Hong Kong

January 15, 2021

Opinion

Midway in a week of shocking news, I awakened last Wednesday to a piece in Asia Sentinel that made my heart sink lower than everything else I had read by then. Our apple-pie authoritarianism, no…

The Plan for Cold War II

January 15, 2021

Opinion

It’s a new year. It’s a time for a change. We need to look at geopolitics differently. That is if we are ever going to have peace and prosperity that is sustainable, and for all. This is why I have de…

In Search of Enemies – Interventionists Dominate Biden National Security Team

January 15, 2021

Opinion

What occurred at the United States Capitol last week was surely reprehensible, but to my mind the real enduring damage that was done to our form of government took place in a basement in Wilmington De…

Twitter’s Ban on Trump Will Only Deepen the US Tribal Divide

January 15, 2021

Opinion

Anyone who believes locking President Donald Trump out of his social media accounts will serve as the first step on the path to healing the political divide in the United States is likely to be in for…

Trump, Insurrections and the 25th Amendment

January 15, 2021

Opinion

How strange it must have seemed for US lawmakers to be suddenly facing what was described as a “mob”, not so much storming as striding into the Capitol with angry purpose. A terrified security f…

The Trump Administration 2017-2021 – An Obituary

January 15, 2021

Opinion

Hear ye, hear ye! The Trump administration is dead! It was killed not by a sudden and explosive blow, but by a long and cancerous rot that spread throughout its lungs until nothing was left. After fou…