Column: Eisenhower’s enduring legacy
On June 22, 1945, 75 years ago, Supreme Allied Commander Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower spoke in Abilene, Kan., his hometown. He received a monumental welcome in every sense. Local people...
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How powerful and how threatening is Putin’s Russia?
With characteristic fanfare, and maximum media visibility, President Vladimir Putin of Russia appears to be escalating threats to the United States and wider NATO alliance, which binds Europe and North...
Column: Beijing renews offensive against Hong Kong
"Give me liberty or give me death." That war cry of American Revolutionary firebrand Patrick Henry is now an increasingly popular slogan of the courageous protesters seeking freedom in besieged...
Column: Life, disease and fear
The media's COVID-19 focus continues, even as we begin to reopen and return to a more normal existence. To provide context, media talking heads often mention the devastating Spanish Flu...
The welcome arrest of accused Rwanda war criminal
"Without justice, courage is weak," Benjamin Franklin wrote, and around the world, courage and justice are in evidence regarding purveyors of mass murder. Early in the morning of May 16,...
The Arctic, melting ice and international challenges
"America and Britain play cold-war games with Russia in the Arctic." That is the headline of an informative article in the current issue of The Economist describing expanding naval activity...
Column: Russian policies and leadership shape the Mideast
The foreign ministers of Iran, Russia and Turkey held a successful video conference on April 22. The purpose was to rein in the seemingly endless violence in Syria. This is...
Column: The G-20 is low-profile but powerful in health efforts
On the world stage, as on other stages, flamboyant posturing gets attention, and can mask and distract from important work done elsewhere. At the end of March, United Nations Secretary-General...
Column: Public health, public fear and public policies
In a grim time, during cold dark early hours of the day to come, my dad ran as fast as he could alongside an accelerating freight train. He threw his...
British politics reflect stability, and change
On April 4, Sir Keir Starmer became leader of the Labour Party in Britain, succeeding the hapless Jeremy Corbyn. Corbyn has led the party into the political wilderness during his...