Weaponized, Selfish and Stifling Debate America brands itself as a capitalist country and is proud of it, while often labeling those who espouse a more equitable and caring society as anti-capitalist or socialist — designations that carry a negative anti-American message in the United States. …

Saudi Interference May Be a Danger to Our National Security and Freedom — The popular press has documented the flow of Saudi money to U.S. politicians, financial and non-financial corporations, sporting venues and universities, and while it may seem at first glance that it does not affect our everyday lives, that would be a grave misjudgment. …

Commonsense Lessons from Parents and Bullies The crucial factor motivating Putin to invade Ukraine in 2022 was his history with the U.S. and NATO. His past aggression in Chechnya, Georgia and Ukraine had gone largely unanswered; the West talked a bunch but did nothing and Muslims around the world did not even utter a peep in…

Sanctions only Tether the World to More Conflict — Let me cut to the chase, sanctions can end up being more harmful than your average war: they can involve many more countries than two parties to an armed conflict; cause more human suffering and last much longer; inflict more widespread economic loss, impede economic and human recovery; leave more…

And How They Were In Return Enriched — A recent Washington Post Article provides a summary of how Trump and Kushner have been financially enriched by Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) in return for saving MBS’ “ass” (Trump’s words, not mine). https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/12/after-helping-princes-rise-trump-kushner-benefit-saudi-funds/). However, the article omits some important details on the ascent of MBS and a number of reasonable…

America Could be Much Better — The United States lectures the world on human rights, democracy, morality, war crimes, genocide, the rule of law, peaceful co-existence, nuclear non-proliferation and more. It sees itself as the shining city on a hill. Does America deserve such an exulted status or is it simply duplicitous but with the biggest…

How Credible Is It That George Washington University “Lost” A Gift From Iran? — This is a brief story of a gift that was initiated by the Shah of Iran to the George Washington University (GW) in 1974, which inexplicably evaporated into thin air some 45 years later in 2019 and then miraculously reappeared in 2022. The management and status of the Aryamehr-Iran Endowment…

Ukraine And The Lessons Not Learned — A holocaust is defined as “thorough destruction involving extensive loss of life especially through fire.” At the core of such tragedies is the extensive loss of life and I would emphasize “civilian” life. This is what happened to Jews during Hitler’s reign of terror. But wake up: this has happened…