If you haven’t done so, do check out this article in Newsweek by Tim Marcin, “Donald Trump Will Resign the Presidency in 2019 in Exchange for Immunity for Him and His Family, Former Bush Adviser Says.” In the piece, Marcin quotes Alan J. Steinberg, who was an advisor to George W. Bush, as saying that…

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A little video about what comes after Trump… USAToday just called 45 “unfit for office.” That’s good, and let’s hope it is a sign of things to come. But, still, we need to be wary. The problems that led to Trump are still there. If we don’t address them, we will just have another, and…

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Here’s a video tribute to a canine friend. Why? Well, because, heck, you can’t have politics all the time.      

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There is a fascinating article over on the New York Times site that everyone with an interest in China should read. In Xi Jinping Wanted Global Dominance. He Overshot., Yi-Zheng Lian argues that under its current leadership, China has gotten itself into serious problems. Specifically, he says, Xi and his supporters revealed their hand too…

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I’ve seen a couple of articles recently that both intrigue me and worry me, and which spring out of recent attacks on Christian communities in non-Christian countries — for example, the Sri Lankan church bombings. I find these interesting and probably useful to us as a culture because they confront us with two important facts:…

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From the Editor’s Desk I am distressed by how often I find myself writing about Andrew Yang, this year’s most inexplicable candidate for President. I don’t think he should be president. He doesn’t have the background for it. He’s a successful high tech CEO, yes, but that really isn’t what you need to be in…

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From The Editor’s Desk: There have been several interesting articles in the press lately about just how awful it is to be an academic in America these days, particularly if you are an adjunct. Basically, what’s happened in the last forty years or so is that the universities have shifted most teaching tasks to non-tenured…

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