By Richard Larsen.   It’s disturbing to witness the collapse of logic, especially when perpetrated by our own president. After all, if we were to believe what so many of his devotees claim prima facie, he’s among the smartest [...]

    By Robert Slayton.     Donald Trump keeps making headlines, and thoughtful Republicans beware the possible impact he may have on their party. George Will, who in 2012 referred to Trump as a “bloviating ignoramus,” [...]

  By Emanuele Scimia. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius (left) chats to China’s Wang Yi over Iran last week. Photo: AP The protagonists of the multilateral deal on the limitation of Iranian [...]

    By Meir Javedanfar.     The deal was sealed early morning Israel time on July 14. By mid day Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had called it among other things, a “stunning, historic mistake.” He has a habit of [...]

    By Syed Qamar. Having been voyaged through the jolts of hopes and despairs between the negotiating parties ;the process– of the Vienna nuclear negotiations seems positively concluded between Iran and the six global powers, [...]

  By Josep Colomer.    In a post here a week ago about the weird referendum in Greece, I argued that “no sound government takes the initiative to call a referendum to vote ‘no’”. Now, former minister of finance, Yanis [...]

  By Syed Qamar.     Extrinsically and symbolically the meeting– between the two premiers- India’s Narendra Modi and Pakistan’s Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) [...]

    By Georgios Protopapas.     The government of Athens submit a detailed hard proposal in order to stay in euzone. The European lenders will give their own verdict and do not seem to bluff when speak for Grexit. Therefore, [...]

    By Pamela Geller. Donald Trump is wrong on the First Amendment. He’s wrong on the cornerstone of our democracy. The freedom of speech is elemental. If he doesn’t get that, he couldn’t possibly be a good President. For [...]

  By Anis Bey.     \ A freshly released IMF’s World Economic Outlook brings (yet again, for the sixth year in a row, and for the third time this year only) no comforting picture to anyone within the G-7, especially in the US [...]

  By Nick Short.     While the headlines over the past week have been swamped with coverage over the candidates bidding for the 2016 presidential election and a “trans-racial” NAACP leader lying about her race, critically [...]

  By Rachel Ehrenfeld.   Americans actually began celebrating July 4th as an official national holiday only after Franklin Delano Roosevelt made it so in 1941. In his radio address to the nation on July 4 of that year, FDR [...]

    By Joseph Colomer.     Some people wonder whether the Greek government of Syriza headed by Alex Tsipras is a group of maverick politicians and skilful game theorists or a bunch of amateurs who improvise every move and [...]

    By Richard Larsen.   This week the Supreme Court struck another major blow to common sense and the English language. In a ruling upholding the subsidies afforded policies purchased on the federal insurance exchange, the SCOTUS [...]

    By Lawrence Wittner.     Where do American Christians stand on guns and gun-related violence? Christianity is a religion that professes love and peace. Admittedly, the Christian Bible’s frequent depiction of Christ [...]

  By Jamil Maidan Flores.   Prof. Anis H. Bajrektarevic recently launched a book titled, “Europe of Sarajevo 100 Years Later: From WWI to www.” Only Prof. Anis, I think, can write a book of that title, just as he’s the only [...]

    By Frank Salvato.       Many on the Right side of the aisle are outraged. Gay marriage – a social issue at its core – has been validated by the US Supreme Court. The outrage is palpable. And while there is legitimacy [...]

By Allen Schmertzler. Nail biting stress season is sizzling with suspense as the Supremes on the Court secretly work on dotting the “i-s” and crossing the “t-s” on their immensely vital rulings before sliding [...]

    By Allen Schmertzler. The false charade that has been blowing in the wind atop flagpoles across the south has finally worn threadbare allowing the light of the ugly truth to be seen. Looking back, I am chilled and astounded [...]