Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Americans are fleeing Trump's USA in droves

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Donald Trump may have succeeded in forcing out a lot of immigrants, something that might still come back to bite the country. But a lot of ...
Tuesday, May 19, 2026

You can see why senior assassin raises hackles

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If you have kids of a certain age, or if you are at least moderately well-informed in general, you will probably have heard of a popular kid...

How Trump's obsession with "deals" blinds him to the bigger picture

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Out of the blue, the Trump administration, through some Pentagon "Under Secretary" or other, has announced that it is putting on h...
Monday, May 18, 2026

Kratom is not just a made-up word

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It's funny how cultural innovations and fads can completely pass me by until they are no longer either modish or edgy. I guess it's ...
Sunday, May 17, 2026

Has America lost another war?

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The United States is not used to losing. Whether we're talking sports, military conflicts, cultural exports, economic power, you name it...

A plague of frogs?

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I obviously missed it at the time, but back in the innocent days of June 2005, a rather bizarre event occurred in the small town of Odžaci i...
Saturday, May 16, 2026

US position on Taiwan remains unchanged, but Trump can turn on a dime

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For the most part, Donald Trump's visit to China was a bit of a nothingburger, despite his usual bombastic and delusional reporting. No ...

Mr. Carney's disastrous pipeline deal with Alberta

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Mark Carney, much like Justin Trudeau before him, is the master of the grand gesture, the grand announcement, often with little substance be...