Living out here in deepest Oregon, I’m rediscovering just how important a source of international news is is the Al Jazeera English news channel. AJE has done first rate reporting and analysis on President Trump’s ordered killing of Iran’s Soleimani. W…
On the eve of the most momentous American presidential election in my lifetime, I'm far more anxious than I thought that I would be. There's no point in trying to feign impartiality or provide a detached analysis of why a Donald Trump presidency would …
When the mayor of my hometown Huntington, Indiana (population 17,000) and his wife invited 30 local residents to come along to their beautifully restored grand house that they'd converted to a B & B to discuss presidential politics with m…