There's been a great deal of debate over Serena Williams' loss in the U.S. Open this weekend to Naomi Osaka, with some arguing that the penalties leveled on her by umpire Carlos Ramos were merited, and others arguing they were the result of his racial blindness. While I stand on ...read more

Australia is a country that, like most of the English-speaking nations of the world, is a staunch U.S. ally. So the news on Wednesday that Donald Trump's weekend call with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull was an unmitigated disaster has sent a shock through the U.S. political ...read more

Dear Uncle Sam, Hello from your less evolved, backward relatives in Australia. We’re not Ozzies you know, it’s Aussies. Not with the “S” sound but a “Z” sound and a softer “O” sound: Not the halting “O” sound you guys make. (And we have nothing to do with Austria). Please ...read more

In a movement that purports to be inclusive, tolerant and progressive, liberalism is often anything but. Sadly, some of the left's biggest obstacles don't come from the far right, but uncompromising idealists who insist their rigid interpretation of political correctness must be ...read more

The level of deception in the reporting on Edward Snowden's stolen National Security Agency documents has reached an all time high. Or shall we say "low?" The latest item, an article by James Risen and Laura Poitras, is so obvious in its prevarication that it was shocking to see ...read more

(Photo: Indonesian soldiers, left, and navy special forces line up during a security parade last year. AFP) For the first time since June, a Snowden revelation could have serious life and death consequences. Not widely reported in the United States, a November article by The ...read more