MLK has been dead a half-century now but, like Shakespeare, his writings never lose their power or truth. My writing…
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Not Why, But Why Not Coronavirus?
I’m no longer a young man and so I often see things from more of a historic than immediate…
We Humans Have Become Just Another Failed Experiment
There are lots of failed experiments in the history of our planet, so don’t shed too large a crocodile tear.…
A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand
Abraham Lincoln’s famous proclamation is as true of our global human presence as it is of houses. In his case…
Blame It All on China
China’s Cars, Accelerating A Global Demand for Fuel By Ariana Eunjung Cha Washington Post Foreign Service Monday, July 28, 2008;…
Lesson #297 in Why We’ll Never Feed the World
Searching For a Fourth Wife Farid would take a fourth wife if he could afford one. This 29-year-old gravel supplier…
Elite? You Got a Problem with Elite?
Immigration—everybody’s hot-button issue–and America is once again arguing across the metaphoric back-fence and having the very devil of a time…
Being Poor–and Maintaining Your Poverty–Is a Very Expensive Proposition
The typical conservative leans back on his couch, meditatively stirs his Chivas and water with a pinkie and declares (with…
Welcome to the Ever-Changing, Ever-Same Face of America
As America becomes more diverse, there are edgy calls from talk-show-radio hosts to save the country for white, Christian (mostly)…
Losing Our Edge on Our Own Home Turf
John McQuaid makes the case in an editorial, The Can’t-Do Nation, that America is losing its knack for getting big…