The U.S. Supreme Court, by a 6-3 majority in the Medellin v. Texas decision, struck a significant blow for the U.S. Constitution and U.S. sovereignty against the encroaching power of international treaties and U.N. authority upon U.S. law. Contrary to much of the reporting in the media, the Supreme Court decision in Medellin v. Texas…

I was aware that the ascension of Nicolas Sarkozy, known affectionately as “Sarko the American” to his countrymen, to the presidency of France was going to have positive ramifications, but I had no idea just how much difference it would make. As the world has once again witnessed the thuggish behavior of the septuagenarian and…

I’m a supporter of Senator Hillary Clinton, but you wouldn’t know it from all the times I’ve had to come to the defense of Barack Obama over these past few weeks. I like to think of myself as a loyal Clinton supporter. But American politics and the history of race relations in this country being…

Senator Obama has a problem: the hardening of the American heart, the closing of the American mind, the shriveling of our souls, the shrinking capacity of our imaginations, our jaded senses, the seen-it-all attitude that makes us into sneering voyeurs too mean spirited to save ourselves. I was a guest on a PRI radio show…

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