A year ago, I wrote an article entitled,Ā āA Ukrainian-Russian Border Plebiscite? Anyone Got a Better Idea?āĀ I hate to repeat myself, but unfortunately,…
Recently a Facebook friend of mineāwhom Iāve actually known since before Mark Zuckerberg started at Harvard, and whose political activism I hold…
I have no doubt that Zohran Mamdani, upset winner over the heavily favored former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in the New…
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When the Biden Administration announced its intent to extend the southern border wall, as well as to begin deporting Venezuelans illegally entering…
The American Leftās relative silence regarding US involvement in the Ukraine War, while surprising, is also understandable. Surprising, given the Leftās nearly…
Shortly after Cornel West announced his intent to run for president as the candidate of the Peopleās Party, The Nationās John Nichols reported encountering…
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