It’s hard to believe, but scientists report that kudzu the green monster that ate the South is in retreat all across these alternately sunny then rain-drenched latitudes. Which means that one bright morning […]
The prize quote of this incendiary political year may go to Hillary Clinton. In response to Donald Trump’s charge that the Clintons set up a pay-for-play arrangement that granted big contributors access to Clinton while […]
I hear from leftist friends who ask, “Why are there so many well-funded right-wing ‘think tanks’?” My friends don’t really like my answer, but I stand by it: There are lots of large, well-funded left-wing […]
Let me start by saying that I wish that Hillary Clinton were more candid when she answers questions about her actions or lack thereof. There is no arguing that she is often defensive, evasive and […]
A warning from a travel guide has stayed with me since I started working in Asia 25 years ago. Don’t ever get in a fight in Thailand, where kickboxing is the national sport, the author […]
A warning from a travel guide has stayed with me since I started working in Asia 25 years ago. Don’t ever get in a fight in Thailand, where kickboxing is the national sport, the author […]
Flagging in the polls, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has decided to shake up his campaign, bringing in Stephen Bannon, head of Breitbart News LLC, as CEO. Paul Manafort, the experienced Republican operative who has […]
The grandeur of the opening ceremony of the Olympics is an inspiring and beautiful event. As the athletes for the different countries walk, it is clear that few countries have the diversity of the American […]
Long before there was Donald Trump, there was Phineas Taylor Barnum, whose name has become synonymous with clap and trap, buncombe and blather. And long before The Donald had written a best-seller of a book […]
Which will win out nature or nurture? It’s a question at least as old as Shakespeare and as new as who will direct Barbie’s latest make-over. Surely some sociologist somewhere has already explored the […]
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