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Associated PressSeptember 6, 2016

With Labor Day behind them, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are pushing ahead in top presidential battlegrounds in the South. Trump, the Republican nominee, is set to campaign in Virginia and North Carolina on Tuesday, two critical states in his path to the presidency. Clinton, the Democrat, is campaigning in Florida in search of an […]

Mitch PerryAugust 10, 2016

I’m sure that after you got yourself up this morning, you might have reached for a cup of coffee, juice or water. It’s something that we don’t have to think too hard about, usually. Now let’s go across the globe — to Aleppo, Syria. The United Nations on Tuesday called for a “humanitarian pause” in […]

Joe HendersonJuly 29, 2016

A convention two weeks that marked plagiarism from Donald Trump’s wife and a small-but-noisy insurrection by Bernie Sanders’ supporters has concluded with … what? Good question. It appears the American public is flummoxed over the choice of an obnoxious and potentially dangerous billionaire against a scandal-coated representative from the nation’s ruling class. Or, maybe it’s […]

Diane RobertsJuly 28, 2016

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Santa Claus ain’t real. Nobody from Hogwarts is going to show up with a spell to cure what ails us. Captain Kirk will not be whooshing in on the Enterprise to make peace on the planet. Millions of American voters seem to think one person can save the nation: defeat terrorism, bring our soldiers home, […]

Associated PressJuly 27, 2016

Donald Trump encouraged Russia on Wednesday to find and make public missing emails deleted by his presidential opponent, Hillary Clinton, setting off an instant debate over hacking and his urging of a foreign government to meddle in American politics. Shortly after Trump’s extraordinary remarks, his Republican running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, took a different […]

Martin DyckmanJuly 25, 2016

“Vlad, Vlad, is that you?” “Da!” “Donald here. We need to deal. I make great deals. I’ll send you a copy of my book, The Art of the Stea … uh, I mean, Deal.” “I’m sure you do, Donald. What do you want?” “Vlad, I need you to help me beat Hillary Clinton.” “I might […]

Martin DyckmanJune 6, 2016

“Associate yourself with Men of good Quality if you Esteem your own Reputation; for ‘tis better to be alone than in bad Company.”– George Washington‘s 56th rule of civility and decent behavior. A recent cruise in the Baltic Sea took us to eight northern European nations where we were impressed yet again with how much […]

Associated PressApril 5, 2016

The revelations in the Panama Papers could add to the populist outrage in the presidential race by confirming many of the fears of Bernie Sanders supporters on the left and contributing to the distrust that drives people to Donald Trump on the right. So far, the 11.5 million leaked documents have shed light mostly on […]

Diane RobertsMarch 14, 2016

LONDON — You might think our British friends would be too busy freaking out over the refugee crisis, their epochal June 23 referendum on whether the UK will stay in the European Union, and the revelation that some London convenience stores are stocking bottles of cow urine right next to the milk, to take much […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 25, 2016

One of the most interesting primaries in Florida is the Congressional District 6 GOP scrum to replace Ron DeSantis. There are a few viable candidates in it, and one of them is Brandon Patty, a 34-year-old dynamo who has gone from success to success. Patty, an Operation Enduring Freedom veteran and a graduate of the London School […]

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Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton turn to battleground states in the South

Mitch Perry Report for 8.10.16 — Aleppo needs water

Joe Henderson: Convention wrap up — is it November yet?

Diane Roberts: Bernie Sanders supporters need to grow up

Donald Trump to Russia: Uncover, release deleted Hillary Clinton emails

Martin Dyckman: Donald Trump, Vladamir Putin and NATO — willful ignorance, or dangerous isolationism?

Martin Dyckman: A European perspective on Donald Trump

Panama Papers could add to outrage in presidential race

Diane Roberts: Brits worried about Ted Cruz and Donald Trump

CD 6 candidate Brandon Patty says he’ll take “my marching orders from the district”