TD Column
When Nobody Comes to Fix the Bridge
Jun 5, 2025 The decline and fall of a superpower, one piece of collapsed infrastructure at a time.2025 EPPY Award: First Place, Best News/Political Column
TD Column
Opinion
All the World’s America’s Stage — Even Ancient Rome
Dec 6, 2024 The story of an escaped gladiator provides an excellent opportunity for Hollywood filmmakers to relitigate the particulars of U.S. history.
Politics
What Exactly Is a Republic?
Nov 29, 2024 Modern republics continue to adapt, but face challenges in upholding their foundational principles.
Opinion
The Rise of Trump and the Fall of American Empire
Nov 20, 2024 How America’s strongman will hasten the decline of U.S. global power.
The American Emperor Has No Clothes
Mar 19, 2019 Donald Trump can exhume all the neoconservatives he likes, but the United States' days as a global hegemon appear to be numbered.
The End of the American Republic
Feb 20, 2019 Donald Trump’s national emergency heralds a new era in our nation’s history—one with frightening parallels to the Roman Empire.
America Has a Lot to Learn From the Roman Empire’s Fall
Feb 17, 2019 There are plenty of parallels between the new Rome and the old one.
A Brief History of Jews in Jerusalem
May 14, 2018 For hundreds of years under the Romans, Jews were excluded from the city by law. Ironically, it was Iran and Muslims who rescued them from that exile.
America Remains Drunk on Power
Mar 22, 2018 Our addiction to empire is killing us. When will we recognize that this planet is big enough for every global citizen to have a patch of serenity?
Was Jesus Basically a DACA Dreamer?
Dec 24, 2017 In today’s U.S., Dreamers are undocumented young people who were brought here as children—much as Christ's parents took him to Galilee. Should he have been deported?
Challenging the U.S. Empire by Spotlighting the Brutality of Drone Killing
Jul 20, 2017 Demonstrators are using protests to raise awareness of the expansion of drone bases across America.