Days like these, I often stare at my blank computer screen, unable to zero-in on a topic to cover. Clearly there are way too many tantalizing bombshells bursting forth from the ongoing fire-hose of news. As a political writer, I'll never complain about an overly abundant news ...read more

I must confess that when I heard Donald Trump had agreed to meet with Kim Jong Un, I was pleasantly surprised. A part of me still wants to believe that Trump is capable of human decency and wants to make the world a better place to live in. His recent overtures towards gun ...read more

UPDATE: Trump just tweeted this ridiculous message to the wrong Theresa May (a woman with a protected account who has 6 followers) in what is further proof that he needs to be removed from office immediately. The tweet now appears to have been deleted:  It is true that the left ...read more

Responding to a question about lingering State Department vacancies last night, Donald Trump told Fox's Laura Ingraham that he wasn't really concerned about it. Why? Because according to Trump, he is "the only one that matters".  "Are you worried that the State Department ...read more

(Cartoon by Kap, La Vanguardia, Spain) His completely irresponsible tweets and outbursts about North Korea have almost become a mundane daily feature, but there's nothing -- absolutely nothing normal about the way President Trump is handling the worsening crisis between America ...read more

If the United States gets drawn into a nuclear conflict with North Korea, it will be for one reason, and one reason only. British comedian Ricky Gervais perfectly encapsulated Donald Trump's rationale for kicking of a potentially lethal conflict in a single, morbidly funny tweet ...read more

Within a day of Trump threatening nuclear war against North Korea, his administration has begun walking back his claim that he would unleash “fire and fury like the world has never seen,” in order to prevent the volatile political situation escalating. Reported the Huff Post: ...read more

One of the popular ideas in far left circles is the notion that Hillary Clinton is a bloodthirsty monster who craves war and wants to invade the world to spread neoliberal economics. This theory is based on two pieces of evidence -- Clinton's vote on a resolution to force Saddam ...read more

Donald Trump is probably going to attack North Korea soon. If he does, there will be virtually no end to the destruction.  On Monday, we learned that Trump summoned not just the Senate leadership from both parties to the White House but, indeed, the entire Senate. It's unclear ...read more

Last Friday, I penned an article asking whether Donald Trump was about to kick off World War III. I wrote it in response to his out of the blue aggression against North Korea, and the shocking lack of foresight he is showing by attempting to interfere in a region he clearly ...read more

For months now, I've hesitated to repeat my prediction that we'll see a mushroom cloud sometime during the Trump presidency. Boiled down, I honestly believe it could come in the form of an attack against the United States, or one of our allies, in order to exploit Trump's ...read more