Matthew Stevenson

Old fortification in Oman. Photo by Matthew Stevenson. Before the United States decides to stump up another half a trillion dollars for Pete

Photograph Source: Tom in NYC – CC BY 2.0 Given that Donald Trump conceives of the presidency as a casino—why else would he be trying to

If you’re in like Flynn in the Trump administration, what’s great is that you can lie to Congress, take money and lavish gifts from the Qataris, obstruct

Photo by Markus Spiske If you are filling a scrapbook with little odds and ends on the end of the American democratic experiment, you might

The idea that Donald Trump would knock over the justice and treasury departments for $1.776 billion, and then, back at his Mar-a-Lago hideout, split the

Leaving aside the amen choir in hard-core MAGA circles, is there anyone out there who doesn’t think Donald Trump is bat-shit crazy? How much more evidence

Leaving aside the amen choir in hard-core MAGA circles, is there anyone out there who doesn’t think Donald Trump is bat-shit crazy? How much more evidence is needed before he is gold-chained to the wall of a padded cell? The midnight tweets of himself as a cartoon action figure are sufficient proof of cognitive disorientation, More

A sampler, with apologies to Ambrose Bierce. African Americans: an anthropological abstraction; any ethnic grouping or race that can be deleted from

A sampler, with apologies to Ambrose Bierce. African Americans: an anthropological abstraction; any ethnic grouping or race that can be deleted from congressional representation; a lost tribe. Audit: Something bad that happens to other people. “Beautiful:” an adjective, best used to modify “missile strikes”. Ceasefire: arabic; when less than a thousand children in Gaza are More

Up against the Green Line on Cyprus. Photo by Matthew Stevenson.