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His is a forgotten name from the years after World War II. But we could use him about now. Kennan was the man who came up with the policy of "containment" regarding the USSR. But he believed

If I was a Trump supporter, here's how I suppose I'd read the calamitous report that scientists leaked to the NYT (because of fears that the Trump administration would suppress it). "More liberal

While everyone is paying attention to the Mooch and his desire to compare penis-size with other administration personnel, these things are still happening: -China is still chugging away with its long steady

I think this may be the week that the Trump Presidency began to unravel...oh for God's sake, why would I say that? What kind of an idiot am I? The thing has been an unraveling avalanche since November

When I go to Bangkok I'm always pleased by the number of jobs that would drive American efficiency experts crazy. Way too many department store employees. Greeters everywhere. Men in spiffy uniforms watching

TRUMP TOWER LA. An 80's design.

What in life is creepier than a smiling Jared Kushner? Other than the visages of several serial killers, not much. It's the smile of a man who may have had to take lessons in how to turn up the corners

Youngstown, OH in better days. Ok, this may sound a bit outrageous, but hear me out. I think we're coming close to experiencing a rural American cull. Not a cull like Stalin's or Hitler's. No, a more subtle

I am a 55-year-old gay Arab-American man. But I don't get much grief from that because, A) my skin is white. B) my voice is deep. I call it white masculine privilege. It's a mark of the superficiality