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Holy Cow! What a C-Change at CBS News as It Acquires The Free Press and Its Editor, Bari Weiss
CBS News is bringing to the helm a journalist who was mocked while she worked at The New York Times for her contrarian, i.e., sometimes conservative, viewpoints. That person is…
On 2nd Anniversary of October 7, Trump Talks of Ending Thousands of Years of Middle Eastern Conflict
Never to couch matters in a realistic perspective, Donald Trump is now talking of ending thousands of years of conflict between Arabs and Jews — and Persians and Jews —…
Trumpism Invades Japan as Liberal Democratic Party Elects Ultra-Conservative Sanae Takaichi as Its Leader
When I was in Japan working in the 1970s, I recall the ever-dominant Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) as what its name implied, liberal, but now it’s being billed as a…
Trump Middle East Victory Lap on Pause as Negotiations Continue with an Enemy at War with Itself*
President Trump is sending Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner to Egypt as peace envoys to continue negotiations over a deal to free all hostages held by Hamas. Though the…
Trump Wins as Hamas Agrees to Release All Hostages and Begin Negotiations on a Deal. I Was Wrong … Maybe.
There’s breaking news that Hamas has signaled it is ready to release all hostages and begin negotiations with Trump and Israel. The president’s deadline, announced earlier today, of Hamas’s needing…
With Eternal Middle Eastern Peace Slipping from His Nobel Prize Fingers, Trump Sets Sunday HAMAS Deadline
President Trump has just announced a 6 p.m. Sunday ET deadline for Hamas to accept his peace terms or “all hell” will be unleashed on the Gaza leadership/terrorist group. Of…
Shutdown Drags On: Bring Back Musk, Resurrect DOGE and Make America Solvent Again (MASA)
The federal government is to a large extent shuttered, though you needn’t worry about the tax people. They ain’t goin’ anywhere. The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB)…
Jane Goodall, Who Studied Chimpanzee Behavior to Teach Us All to Cherish Nature, Dies at 91
Jane Goodall, whose pioneering work even someone of my age studied in college, passed away today at 91 as young students gathered in Pasadena, California, to hear her speak at…
