George W. Bush and Barack Obama both had Gen. Qassem Soleimani in their gunsights. Neither ordered the trigger pulled because of the enormous risks involved in killing […]
Columns/Opinion
Add Iran’s leadership to ash heap of history
Addressing the British Parliament in 1982, President Ronald Reagan outlined a plan for placing the Soviet Union and Marxism-Leninism on the “ash heap of history.” It is […]
Apathy appears to have faded
Then-candidate Donald Trump told a mostly white rally crowd in Michigan in 2016 that “at the end of four years, I guarantee you that I will get […]
This is ‘The Year of Reading Women’
I’m here to say goodbye to Stephen King. Not that he’s going anywhere. Indeed, I imagine he’s at his desk even now, devising a fiendish fate for […]
Turn over new leaf in 2020: Let’s go vegan
Happy Veganuary, everyone! Veganuary, for the uninitiated, is the month when people around the world pledge to go vegan in order to help stop animal suffering, protect […]
51-49 vote will ensure fair trial
Virtually all experts and observers envision a near-certain acquittal of President Donald Trump by the U. S. Senate after the House passage of two articles of impeachment […]
How 2016’s populist uprising will reverberate in 2020
WESTBY, WIS. In a country increasingly engaged in national politics and divided, the next 12 months may feel like 12 years. Voters in both trenches are eager […]
You are what you grow to be
Daniel Mazzacane Los Angeles Times Two years ago, I designed a tattoo for a friend, a celebration of the first anniversary of his gender transition. It was […]
Would you prefer a leader who supports secular agenda?
The battle between church and state is as old as church and state, as is the conflict within religious circles over who supposedly speaks for God. The […]
Who is the Mr. Jones of 2019?
Looking back at key foreign policy events of 2019, a line from Bob Dylan’s “Ballad of a Thin Man” popped into my head: “Something is happening and […]