In baseball, the “dog days of summer” refers to the period from mid-July to the end of August when temperatures and humidity reach their peak. It is also the time when a team’s outcome is pretty much determined. You are either a contender or already declaring “wait ’til next year.” For politicians running for … Read more
Let me introduce you to Evelyn Farkas. In September 2015, Dr. Farkas resigned as deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia/Ukraine/Eurasia after five years in the Obama administration. Previously she served as executive director of the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction and staff member to the Senate Armed Services Committee. Politico.com … Read more
Disclaimer: One modus operandi of the Donald Trump campaign has been the creation and distribution of conspiracy theories about his rivals. Perhaps the most infamous was linking Ted Cruz’s father to Lee Harvey Oswald. Recently the campaign has pieced together unrelated information and video clips to suggest Hillary Clinton was physically ill and incapable of fulfilling … Read more
In letter #211, St. Augustine wrote, “Cum dilectione hominum et odio vitiorum,” which translates to, “With love for mankind and hatred of sins.” The more commonly quoted version of this sentiment comes from Mahatma Gandhi, “Love the sinner but hate the sin.” In Gandhi’s case, he appealed to his fellow countrymen to challenge British rule without … Read more
In reference to the $400 million returned to Iran as part of the negotiations for the nuclear weapons agreement, Illinois Senate Mark Kirk said: We can’t have the president of the United States acting like the drug dealer in chief, giving clean packs of money to a … state sponsor of terror. Those 500-euro … Read more