Donald Trump was the 45th president of the United States of America.
CRITICAL MOMENT In his 1960 Inaugural Address, President John F. Kennedy emphasized the moment had come for America to pass the torch to a new generation of leadership. The younger generation that had fought World War II would succeed the Americans who had led the war effort and establishment of …
THE ROAD TO KYIV On February 22, 2022, Cold War II began with Russian “peacekeepers” pouring into Ukraine. Moreover, the day before, the despotic Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin declared war against Western Civilization in an astonishing exhibition of fiction, ego, paranoia, and vengeance. But for years, Putin has clearly communicated his …
BIDEN BLUNDERS Year One of the Biden presidency has resulted in an America Adrift. My November 2020 essay American Renewal envisioned a cooperative bipartisan era. Firstly, Americans weary of the unorthodox and polarizing Trump years decided upon a familiar, center-left alternative. However, the Biden Administration embraced the ambitious and divisive …
HISTORIC CROSSROADS America and China have reached an historic crossroads that requires reason but resolve. Consequently, America must confront ideological, economic, military, and pandemic challenges with ardent integrity. Furthermore, the future of enlightened civilization is at risk. Moreover, the ability of America to revive and lead strategic alliances to engage …
BEYOND AFGHANISTAN American leadership beyond Afghanistan is necessary for global stability, security and progress. Moreover, President Joseph Biden and his administration must demonstrate competence to restore public trust and respect among allies and adversaries. Firstly, as reported in my recent column The Biden Doctrine, America has arrived at a decisive …
THE BIDEN DOCTRINE It is now midnight, August 31, 2021, in Kabul, Afghanistan. The deadline for a mismanaged American withdrawal, arbitrarily set by President Joseph Biden and enforced by the terrorist Taliban, has arrived and the last American soldiers have departed. The Biden Doctrine collapsed on August 26, 2021, when …
AN UNACCEPTABLE An America assaulted is horrified by the unacceptable stain upon our democracy and desecration of our Capitol on January 6, 2021. Moreover, the record 74-million patriotic Americans who voted two months earlier for an unorthodox incumbent share this national epiphany. However, on this solemn Christian feast day, an …
MOVING FORWARD TOGETHER An American renewal is essential, with citizens of all persuasions moving forward together into 2021 and beyond. Moreover, America’s history, character, and global leadership demand it. Firstly, this means that Democrats and Republicans, progressives and conservatives, women and men of all races, creeds, and regions, unearth and …
THE PIVOTAL 2020 ELECTION The contentious American election of 2020 is a consequential American crossroads. Trump v. Biden may have appeared to be a referendum on a controversial incumbent and influenced by a pandemic. However, there is significantly more about our political system, economic way of life, character, and cultural …
FROM FDR TO TODAY All Americans mourned the passing of the extraordinary and brilliant Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg of the Supreme Court of the United States. Moreover, related developments about packing the Supreme Court remind us of its purpose, importance, and composition. Likewise, as our Constitutional system of checks, …