THE CONVERSATION — There were smiles for the camera, handshakes, warm words and the unveiling of a couple of agreements. But beyond the optics of the first meeting in over a year between the leaders of the world’s two biggest economies, not an awful lot had changed: There was nothing to suggest a “reset” in U.S. and China […]

Donald Trump and Xi Jinping have the same political goals. For Trump, it’s embodied in his slogan, “Make America Great Again.” Xi’s motto might be, “Make Communism Great Again.” Both want to return to their version of the good old days. Before the Great Depression that began in 1929, the federal government played a limited […]

It’s curious, isn’t it, how a small, unexpected event can trigger off old memories. A couple of mine were triggered when I was standing in a busy mall one day. I saw a very young boy look across the crowded floor and begin to walk toward me. He had dark curly hair, chocolate pool eyes […]

News coverage since Hamas’s terrorist targeting of Israeli civilians has steadily shifted to the horrifying retaliation from Israel. The daily media cycle begins with rising Palestinian body counts, especially of children, the annihilation of all infrastructure and the increasing humanitarian crisis. Then it’s the hostage situation and Israeli self-defense via the war crime of all […]