How Venezuelan oil, an unstable Iran, and NATO tensions allow the US to confront its rivals Since December I have heard whispers from sources about developments stemming from meetings between Trump, Rubio, and Hegseth. The expectation was that something was going to happen then. My first thought was Venezuela, given the escalations since August. Nothing happened on the day that something  was supposed to happen. This is not uncommon; the timing of supposed something  was close to Christmas,...

Reflections on GE2025, what the mainstream media isn’t saying, and how we hold space for each other in a democracy I recently spent 12...

Well, 2025 started off with a bang. A few days into the new year, I went for my regular long run. At the 25th kilometer I stepped off a...