The Globalist

A personal perspective from an American Jew at a truly momentous time in U.S. history.

Joe Biden will be vilified more and more by the Trump campaign as the election approaches. But this vilification is likely to be confined to inside the right-wing echo chamber.

The time is overdue to reform the US prison system. It reflects very poorly on the country‘s moral values.

Fox News, just like Putin, is working hard to give Trump four more years in the White House — so that he could complete the destruction of the U.S.

Although Turkey’s Erdogan is president of a NATO member country, his Justice and Development Party (AKP) and Hamas share a similar ideology, built on an anti-Western and anti-Semitic worldview.

COVID 19 has torn the mask off all of the rot that had been festering just below the surface of US politics and society. More and more, the US resembles a developing nation.

The UAE’s recognition of Israel puts Saudi Arabia more than any other Gulf state in the hot seat.

Under Trump, the United States — despite 250 years of self-government — may get dangerously close to how Europe’s last dictator has operated in Belarus.

Donald Trump is a compulsive misogynist. Why Angela Merkel, Hillary Clinton and other women can now breathe more freely.

Two very different political clocks are ticking on the calendars of public prosecutors that could influence the 2020 US election. One has Republicans worried, the other the Democrats.