IMPORTANT READS

PERSPECTIVE--If you’re American, take a moment to congratulate yourself. You’ve just survived the tenure of the worst President in American history.

OTHER WORDS-As the semester ends, I fear many of my students will fail my class.

PERSPECTIVE--Our post-election hope couldn’t be more fragile. 

OTHER WORDS--America certainly has an abundance of food, even though many Americans do not.

PERSPECTIVE--Firing by the defeated President of the federal cybersecurity director who stated the Nov. 3 election was “the most secure in American history” points to a pair of hard truths about this Presidency. 

THE REAL REASON BIDEN WON-Americans who say their religion is “none” delivered the White House to the Biden-Harris Democratic ticket in the 2020 election. 

POLITICS-There is no doubting at this point that the Republican Party as it was known, is no more.

OTHER WORDS-A few years ago, massive protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline at Standing Rock changed the popular narrative about what climate activism looked like.

WORLD WATCH-Recently I had an opportunity to brief a group of European diplomats and journalists on a variety of conflicts, with a focus on the Middle East.

MY TURN--From a political perspective, Donald Trump's behavior is utterly nonsensical.

GUEST WORDS--Covid in America is so bad that more than 250,000 people are dead.

MY TURN--So here’s an odd, mostly overlooked scrap of recent news: Donald Trump wants to end the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq before he leaves office, and is expected to announce a drawdown of troops in both countries.

GUEST WORDS--For those of you who wanted to see Donald Trump skedaddled from the White House, this is the week you should be celebrating Thanksgiving giving thanks to Indigenous peoples for giving Biden the White House.

GUEST COMMENTARY-Ooof. The bonkers clown show keeps spiraling further out there.

VIEW FROM HERE--With President-elect Biden set to enter the White House next January, a question many people are asking is how best to use President Obama in the next administration?  

POST ELECTION BLUES-No! No concede! Won’t! Won’t, won’t, won’t! 

GUEST WORDS-Oppressive institutions routinely paint activists as “extremists.” This tells the public to fear change and helps those in power to maintain the status quo.

WORLD WATCH-While I cheer Biden’s victory in the presidential election, I lament the state of the union Trump is leaving behind.

MAKING SENSE OUT OF CHAOS-Students and friends sometimes ask me what can be done in the face of the flood of despairing news of the day.

POST-ELECTION VIEW-Biden won — so Trump seems to be attempting a coup. And meanwhile, this election has revealed just how bitterly, painfully divided America really is.

VIEW FROM HERE-I was texting with my sister the other day, and President Trump was set to make a public announcement for the first time since he lost the election.