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Lament for a Nation

On March 2, 2025

Former President Jimmy Carter’s public funeral on January 9, 2025 presented a stark contrast to the current occupant of the White House. Carter and his late wife were admirable human beings. Alas, the integrity, decency, and compassion they […]

Canadians Respond to Trump’s Perpetual Mayhem Machine

On February 10, 2025

A ‘perpetual motion machine’ is a mythical contraption that is purported to operate indefinitely. A ‘perpetual mischief machine’ is another name for Donald

National solidarity on the march in Canada in the face of wanton economic aggression by the impolitic new leader of our longtime […]

Curing What Ails America

On August 4, 2024

“With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right.” (Abraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural Address, 1865). How far we have strayed from a society based upon Truth, Compassion, Liberty and Justice! Illustration © 2024 […]

Curing What Ails the Middle East

On July 28, 2024

Professor Yeshayahu Leibowitz (1903-94), an early Israeli critic of his country’s military rule over the Occupied Territories, wrote in 1968 that “A state ruling over

“Me miserable! Which way shall I fly, Infinite wrath, and infinite despair? Which way I fly is Hell; myself am […]

The Imperative of Defeating Aggression in Ukraine

On January 20, 2023

“Let it not be said that the dedication of those who love freedom is less than the determination of those who would destroy it.” (Margaret Thatcher)

There are a myriad of compelling reasons why we must defend freedom and defeat aggression in Ukraine. The moral imperative to […]

The Shirtless Czar Who Became a Naked Aggressor and Cowed the West

On February 25, 2022

On February 24, 2022, the unthinkable happened: Vladimir Putin launched a full-

scale invasion of Ukraine by land, air, and sea…. Europe is at war — and not just any war, but a war of premeditated […]