The Trump-Russia debate has become clouded, since there are differing points of view depending on the particular outlook. It is important to recognize that each point of view may have some validity and at the same time may be over-amped…
Does Donald Trump have a platform? Did he have one during his election campaign? Is there a Trump Doctrine? The short answer is: it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter because Trump supporters continue to support him despite his flip-flops on…
As an observer of popular culture, I have noticed a shift from compassion to meanness. The meanness I see is a function of a number of factors: The Left/Right Divide There has always been a left/right ideological divide in politics. That…
Editor's Note: This article was originally published in November 2016. As of November 8, 2016, Donald Trump is the president-elect of the United States of America. There is a significant portion of the population that is stunned by that development. In the…
When the news of Donald Trump's Tomahawk missile strike on Syria first hit the mainstream media, I had imagined the worst. This looked like the start of a potentially dangerous confrontation between Russia and the USA in Syria. The full…
The failure of the Trump administration to "repeal and replace" the Affordable Healthcare Act, which they dubbed "Obamacare", has underlined the obvious: this administration cannot possibly deliver on the excessive promises of the Trump campaign. When Trump was campaigning, he…
Governments tax to gather revenue to provide services for the public. These services are essential and need to be supported and funded. The question going forward is: how do we continue to fund education, healthcare, infrastructure, defence and security, policing,…
The deep state is defined as elements of a government that operate for their own benefit independently of oversight from elected officials. Additionally, the deep state may try to manipulate elected officials through the control of information or intimidation. In the US…
I have tried to stay out of the current debate on President's Donald Trump's continued attacks on what he called "the dishonest media". Guy's Life Magazine prefers to remain focussed on the positive, but the current assault on media is…
There has been considerable criticism, of late, about what is called "media bias". While it is reasonable that the media should be open to critique by its' viewership, the current spate of attacks have a different agenda. Noam Chomsky, the…