US President Trump will recognize Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Israel in a speech tomorrow (Wednesday), The New York Times reported. According to the Times, Trump will also announce the beginning of the process of moving the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, but he is expected to sign the Security Waiver… … [Read more...] about Report: Trump to recognize Jerusalem, embassy move to come later
Stop this madness now: UN on Rohingya crisis
“Stop this madness now,” the UN human rights chief demanded at a special session of the UN Human Rights Council today on atrocities committed against the minority Rohingya Muslim population in northern Rakhine State of Myanmar, also known as Burma. Sympathetic delegates quickly agreed a resolution asked him to conduct urgent, time-bound and detailed inquiries into the … [Read more...] about Stop this madness now: UN on Rohingya crisis
Russian Stealth and American Acquiesence
America may have a fleet of stealth aircraft, but Russia’s stealth actions to dominate America and the West have been more effective, more lethal and less expensive. Through both covert and transparent activities, Russia has infiltrated and influenced United States’ politics and invested in various American strategic industries in spite of sanctions by the U.S. on top Russian … [Read more...] about Russian Stealth and American Acquiesence
‘Christmas Creep’? Bah Humbug, Merry Christmas to All
A couple of days before Thanksgiving, with temperatures still in the 80s here in Texas, I tuned the car radio to a local station and, lo and behold, Christmas music came out of the speakers, and it has continued ever since. Stores, it seems to me, have been decorated for Christmas since Halloween – even earlier. Some feel this “Christmas Creep” detracts from the real … [Read more...] about ‘Christmas Creep’? Bah Humbug, Merry Christmas to All
Utah Monuments (Cartoon)
Israel’s foreign relations improving, SWU gala told
by Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Amid growing indignation over aggressive Palestinian tactics at universities throughout the Diaspora, Dore Gold, former director general of Israel’s Foreign Ministry, provided a note of optimism at a StandWithUs banquet last Saturday night attended by over 500 Israel supporters. Interviewed on stage by Waxie Sanitary Supply Chairman and … [Read more...] about Israel’s foreign relations improving, SWU gala told
Furt those Tweets (Cartoon and Column)
After Trump fired his National Security Adviser Michael Flynn (after being on the job for only 24 days), he tweeted that he fired him for lying to Vice President Mike Pence. On Saturday, a tweet went out from Trump’s Twitter account stating he fired Flynn, not just for lying to Pence, but also for lying to the FBI. This is where it gets troublesome for the orange doofus. … [Read more...] about Furt those Tweets (Cartoon and Column)
Supreme Court allows full enforcement of Trump travel ban
The Supreme Court doled out a victory for the Trump administration Monday, ruling that the third version of the president's immigration travel ban can take effect while it is being challenged in the lower courts. The latest version of the extreme vetting order was introduced in September and sought to curtail the admission of visitors and… … [Read more...] about Supreme Court allows full enforcement of Trump travel ban
Did Miner Safety Improve Since Trump’s Inauguration?
In the wake of President Trump's inauguration, the mining industry is witnessing rollbacks in mining safety regulations at the state level aimed at revitalizing the declining coal industry. While these policies are intended to make the price of coal more competitive, they may carry the unintended consequence of reducing overall safety in mining. Increased Competitive … [Read more...] about Did Miner Safety Improve Since Trump’s Inauguration?
(UPDATED) Mueller Lays The Groundwork For Trump’s Impeachment With Flynn’s Guilty Plea
The huge news buried inside the big news that Michael Flynn has pleaded guilty to a charge of lying to the FBI seemed to be that Donald Trump was not implicated. But that is wrong and then some because Robert Mueller, who is more than proving his mettle as a brilliant prosecutorial strategist, has now laid the groundwork for Trump's impeachment by documenting that the … [Read more...] about (UPDATED) Mueller Lays The Groundwork For Trump’s Impeachment With Flynn’s Guilty Plea
Trump’s tweet about Flynn and the FBI has yielded questionable explanations
On Saturday, the @RealDonaldTrump twitter account published a tweet about Michael Flynn that shook the Twitter-verse and launched lawyers' keyboards into warp speed: As most things tweeted by Trump, the issue raised is far more complex than 140 or 280 characters can address. In this case, there's the "obstruction of justice" story, the "he didn't do it" story, and … [Read more...] about Trump’s tweet about Flynn and the FBI has yielded questionable explanations
Sea turtles’ sad fate: from restaurant menus to plastic ‘soup’
Gently, Kenzo the sea turtle is lowered onto a beach where a scattering of bottle caps, candy wrappers, yoghurt cups and discarded flipflops scar an otherwise idyllic setting. As its human handlers step aside, Kenzo struggles out of the harness, pushes hard with its flippers on the sand, and slides into small waves specked with bits… … [Read more...] about Sea turtles’ sad fate: from restaurant menus to plastic ‘soup’
How Trump lost his cover
WASHINGTON -- Dec. 1, 2017, will be remembered as the day when the vast majority of Americans fully grasped the consequences of the 2016 elections. They installed a man in the White House "likely to be under investigation for criminality for a very, very long time to come." And they gave power to a Republican Party whose only purpose is to comfort the already extremely … [Read more...] about How Trump lost his cover
America the Banana Republic
By Neal Gabler When people call Donald Trump an authoritarian, it almost gives him more credit than he deserves. You don’t think favorably of authoritarians; they are despicable. But you do think of them as monstrously large, grievously terrifying, as somehow taking the measure of the polity they control and drawing on its stature to puff themselves up, even as they … [Read more...] about America the Banana Republic
Fox Host Dobbs: Obama Should Be Detained for Bashing Trump
Former President Barack Obama should be detained by federal officials for talking badly about President Donald Trump. After Obama said this week that people should "think before you speak, think before you tweet," in an apparent reference to Trump's twilight Twitter rants, Fox Business’ Lou Dobbs had harsh words for Obama. “I think U.S. Marshals should… … [Read more...] about Fox Host Dobbs: Obama Should Be Detained for Bashing Trump
Irving Berlin’s Non-Racist Holiday Inn: A Review of the 5th Avenue Theatre Production
There is no way for me to write my review of the 5th Avenue Theatre’s production of Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn without sounding racist. Incidentally, when people use the qualifying phrase “sounding racist” they are usually just being racist. Here is the big problem. The 5th Avenue Theatre’s current, not racist version of Holiday Inn draws its source material from the … [Read more...] about Irving Berlin’s Non-Racist Holiday Inn: A Review of the 5th Avenue Theatre Production
Government by the reckless, for the few
WASHINGTON -- Students often leave term papers to the last minute, but even college freshmen would never submit as finished work an essay with changes illegibly scrawled along the side. Republican senators hold themselves to a much lower standard. They voted in the early morning hours on Saturday to reorder large parts of the American economy on the basis of a bill that … [Read more...] about Government by the reckless, for the few
Cartoon: New Tax Bill
Israel loved the Sinai that is now a killing field
It was a bit of heaven; now it is a chunk of hell. Muslim extremists are killing each other in the wilderness where the Hebrews received the Law; in Israel, hands are wringing and hearts are breaking. In a grisly familiar pattern, some 30 armed men entered the Rawdah Sufi mosque in northern Sinai, mechanically firing automatic weapons and hurling grenades into innocent … [Read more...] about Israel loved the Sinai that is now a killing field
US Senate passes controversial tax cuts bill
The US Senate has narrowly approved a landmark tax bill in a major step towards delivering a legislative victory to President Donald Trump. Vice President Mike Pence, who presided over Saturday's vote, announced the 51-49 result to applause from Republicans. No Democrat voted for the bill. The plan, entitled the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA)… … [Read more...] about US Senate passes controversial tax cuts bill