History, if we study it, is a teacher. It informs us and provides valuable perspective on the challenges of our times.  Consider… “To one...

The essential objective of the Republican Party for the next five months is to rewrite the history of the last three and a half years....

The United States, the acknowledged world leader in the post-World War II era, is in retreat and decline. Among America’s closest...

In the wee hours of last Monday morning the president of the United States picked up his iPhone and rage tweeted four times at the...

In the wee hours of last Monday morning the president of the United States picked up his iPhone and rage tweeted four times at the...

The rank incompetence of Donald Trump’s response to the global pandemic will be studied for generations, analyzed and assessed as one of...

The rank incompetence of Donald Trump’s response to the global pandemic will be studied for generations, analyzed and assessed as one of...

Wisconsin, a state with a long progressive political tradition were state-level innovations were once the rule, recently held a...

Wisconsin, a state with a long progressive political tradition were state-level innovations were once the rule, recently held a...

There is an unrelenting mathematical logic to the spread and impact of the COVID-19 virus. Denial of the logic is like playing Russian...

There is an unrelenting mathematical logic to the spread and impact of the COVID-19 virus. Denial of the logic is like playing Russian...

As a world-wide pandemic silently sulks its way across the globe pulling the international economy into recession or worse, it has become...

As a world-wide pandemic silently sulks its way across the globe pulling the international economy into recession or worse, it has become...

The greatest vulnerability for most politicians is not the unwise vote they cast a dozen years ago, or the youthful but still stupid...

The greatest vulnerability for most politicians is not the unwise vote they cast a dozen years ago, or the youthful but still stupid...

Everyone who has studied the facts – a notable exception being the president of the United States – knows that Russian dictator Vladimir...

Everyone who has studied the facts – a notable exception being the president of the United States – knows that Russian dictator Vladimir...

Two dominant themes prevail in the current presidential administration: corruption and incompetence. They work together well, one...

Two dominant themes prevail in the current presidential administration: corruption and incompetence. They work together well, one...

During the administration of President Warren G. Harding – until recently generally regarded as the most corrupt presidential...