Soldier citizen all-American John McCain
The timing of the death of soldier citizen John McCain has immense ramifications for the dangerous crossroads the US is placed in today. For me personally this extraordinary all-American defender…
American reckoning
I have met people who gave me grace in Iran, in Mexico, in Haiti, in Gaza, in Cambodia, in Vietnam. People who understood the difference between ordinary citizens and the…
Qataris search for bodies of Americans killed by Islamic State in Syria
A Qatari mission has begun searching for the remains of US hostages killed by Islamic State in Syria a decade ago, two sources briefed on the mission said, reviving a…
Trump boasts of ‘fun’ 100 days, but Americans disenchanted
After 100 days of political chaos and economic shock that have sent his approval ratings tumbling, Donald Trump hopes to regain the unqualified adulation of his supporters Tuesday at one…
Guatemala open to accepting Trump’s Central American deportees
Guatemala is open to receiving citizens of other Central American nations who are deported from the United States, three sources familiar with the matter said, as the country looks to…
The Pakistani-American vote
The United States presidential election is arguably the most closely watched democratic event worldwide. With a GDP of $27 trillion, the US leads a coalition of many Western powers, including…
American economy
In the spring of 2020, with the onset of a global pandemic, the US economy suffered a severe shock along with the economies of much of the industrial West. The…
American security strategy
In its National Security Strategy released by the White House on October 12, the Biden administration asserts: “The PRC [People’s Republic of China] is the only competitor with both the…
The American uprising
Riots have rocked 48 cities by now in the US, from east to west, north to south, following the death of an Afro-American man in Minneapolis at the hands of…
American injustice
FOR decades I have been amazed by the audacity of the US in preaching democracy and the rule of law to other nations. That’s absurd enough, even if one ignores…
