WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Like Halley’s Comet that only comes around every 75 years, the resignation of a top politician from office is a rare occurrence.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has quit and not for the usual reasons of scandal or the all-purpo…
“I’m gonna live forever, baby, remember my name” – (from “Fame”)
The death at age 54 of Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of Elvis, got me thinking again about the two-edged sword that is fame.
Poems, books, even movies have addressed fame, how some peopl…
SYDNEY – Last July, the U.S. chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Gen. Mark Milley, visited Jakarta where he said China’s military has become significantly more aggressive and dangerous over the past five years.
While the U.S. has seemed fixated on China’s g…
HONOLULU – If one discounts Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, Hawaii is about as far – geographically and politically – from Washington, D.C., as one can get.
There are just six Republicans out of 51 in the State House of Representatives and two out of 25 in…
After months of ignoring the problem and demonstrably false claims by his Homeland Security secretary that the southern border is “secure,” President Biden is finally visiting the area this week as part of a trip to Mexico.
Last week, the administrati…
Blessed are the young for they shall inherit the national debt.” – Herbert Hoover
“Rather go to bed without dinner than to rise in debt.” – Benjamin Franklin
Eighteen Republican senators voted for the monstrosity known as the $1.7 trillion Omnibus sp…
In a theatrical performance the worst thing that can happen is to have a predictable outcome. That is precisely what occurred with the Jan. 6 Committee, which has referred former President Donald Trump to the Department of Justice for criminal prosecut…
When King David ruled over all of Israel, one of the many Psalms he wrote included this verse: “Do not put your trust in princes, in human beings, who cannot save. When their spirit departs, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans come …
If you like cream in your coffee (if not, the analogy works with any other drink), keep pouring after you have reached what you would normally drink. If you pour the cream long enough it will replace the coffee.
That is what is happening at what used …
NEW YORK – I was a teenager when I first visited New York. The flight cost $15 on the Eastern Airlines Shuttle from Washington, D.C. You could buy your ticket from a flight attendant on board. She (and it was always a she back then) would roll a cart d…