That’s what it comes down to in the Midterms. What a terrible choice our political system has created for us. But I believe we have to vote, and so I’ve made my choice, though I’m not happy about it, and I wish there were a third viable alternative. Despite what he tells us, President Trump is not on the ballot, and that’s actually a good thing. After his overblown personality has created problem after problem, my initial optimism for his Presidency has been erased, and it would have to be a...
Like several recent posts, I really don’t want to write this one, because I know it will make some people angry, but I must. And I write not as someone who claims to have all the answers, but as a fellow seeker of the best future for our country. The subject of this post has been building for months, but the trigger was a terrible event which happened recently to a friend of mine. She is originally from Moscow. When her husband was about to be drafted into Putin’s army for the front lines in...
Much has been written about our 250th Anniversary by people much smarter than me. I particularly enjoy the Opinion pieces in the Wall Street Journal. Here are two really good, recent ones by Gerald Baker and Barton Swaim. I also re-read the post I wrote 13 years ago for our 237th Anniversary, before Trump, Covid, and so much more (but Iran was there!). If you have another minute, please take a look: “Who or What Will Fill The Leadership Void in Our Nation?” Sadly, we continue to elect our...
There are many difficult, weighty issues confronting us this Memorial Day Weekend in 2026, but I’m going to begin the summer with three unconnected, much lighter personal observations which won’t take long and which probably won’t mean much to anyone else…but here they are: 1. Take a look at this cover photo from the Atlanta Business Chronicle of May 15th. It highlights an entire section on their “40 Under 40” Risings Stars in our city. The newspaper “recognizes rising stars who have made...
I’m generally a conservative-libertarian person of faith. On most issues you’ll find me in the middle of a square roughly defined by Ronald Reagan, Thomas Sowell, Charlie Kirk and Michael Youssef. I was so energized after the 2024 election, as were most friends and businesspeople I know. We had dodged the awful prospect of four more years of absurd policies: flooding our nation with millions of people from who-knows-where, with unknown intent, at a large cost to our security, our schools, and...
The death of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis should rightly concern everyone and invite transparent investigation. Early this week the truth appeared to be coming out, as one would hope, and so far it has certainly not been on the side of the Ice Agents or the early explanations by Federal authorities, who should know better than to reach conclusions without any actual evidence. See this detailed WSJ piece online. From watching the video and the early analysis, it appears to be either a terrible...
In a stunning policy reversal which President Trump says he was planning all along, the U.S. has eliminated all tariffs and will encourage cheaper imported goods because Trump says he has forced foreigners to give us real things—cars, computers, steel and coffee—in exchange for almost worthless things—pieces of paper and electrons. “It’s magnificent,” he posted. “I’ve got them to sell us more stuff than they buy from us, and so we get real, useful things from them, and they get stuck with all...
Whatever you think of President Trump’s accomplishments in the first nine months of his second term, you have to agree that they are significant, and that he can be a strong force for change. But he will soon be a lame duck, unable to run again. And he will then be on the path to Elder Statesman status, while others maneuver either to extend or to undo his legacy. I’d therefore like to give President Trump a personal challenge. Mr. President, Please shift your focus from righting recent...
I had lunch with a good friend this week, and we lamented the demonization today of almost every public figure by some group or other public figure. Since I’ve written two novels about demons and spiritual warfare, with the second, Nation On The Edge, set in Washington, D.C. with demons lying to our country’s leaders, and since I also tend to succumb to the temptation to disparage those with whom I don’t agree on policies, I thought I better write this post to myself, as much as to others. I...
Given my personal history with the Soviet Union, Russia and Ukraine, starting in 1969 as a graduate student and then ministry in Kyiv in 1991 and running real estate offices in both capital cities in the exciting days of 1991-2013, I am often asked what we should now do to end this terrible war. Since the Russian invasion in February, 2022, I’ve written three posts about the war. I just re-read all of them, and I would not change a word. The most relevant one right now is my November, 2022...
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