I was 14 in 1961 when my family moved to Istanbul, Turkey, from the United States for a one-year Fulbright appointment that my dad received. He was offered a position to …
There has been much talk in the United States about the threat posed by “big government” to civil liberties and to laissez-faire economics. Nothing seems more virulent than the tension posed by …
Junior Murray Perhaps one of the most hated words in the modern American society — one often used as a term of derision — is the word “liberal.” The vehemence and …
“I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” With those …
What if a public figure who you revere as a hero was found guilty of a crime or of some act of gross immorality — should the honour for such an …
Why do those who initiated the conversation on race get to be the ones to end it, here in America? In fact, what they were engaged in was no dialogue at …
It was the late American novelist, playwright and social activist, James Baldwin, who wrote: “…for power truly to feel itself menaced, it must somehow sense itself in the presence of another power …
In the I800s, American novelist, short story writer and poet, Louisa May Alcott, – the author of the novel “Little Women” – wrote the following words: “Far away there in the sunshine are my …
Democracy, at its most rudimentary level, as practised in the United States, is a very strange ideological animal. If it were a creature in the wild it would be more of …
In any debate or discussion it is wise, first off, for those so engaged, to be on the same page in terms of terminology and context. How many times has it …
In the I800s, American novelist, short story writer and poet Louisa May Alcott — the author of the novel Little Women — wrote the following words: “Far away there in the sunshine are …
