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Letters to The Editor – April 2, 2026
War and diplomacy
The then American President, Harry S. Truman, took a calculated risk — after wide consultation with experts, including scientists — to drop the atomic bomb on Japan, in order to end the Second World War.…
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Iranian strikes target the infrastructure behind US airpower
A U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry, an airborne warning and control system, was among the aircraft damaged in a March 27 Iranian missile and drone attack on Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia — one of several strikes on the installation since Operation Epic…
?Orderly exit: on India and energy transition issues
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Global energy shocks are not new. The world has seen them before — in the early 1970s after the Yom Kippur War; in 1979 following the Iranian Revolution; in 1990-91 after Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait, and in 2022 after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.…
Hurricane Trump threatens to blow China off course
IF CHINA’S RULING elites could decide the duration of President Donald Trump’s war on Iran, two months would be a popular choice. A short war would not hurt America enough, is the icy verdict of a policy adviser in Beijing.…
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Is China covering up a violent attack at a Beijing market?
CHINA’S CAPITAL enjoyed a calm spring day on March 29th, at least according to the local news. But videos on X, a blocked social-media site, told a different story. They appeared to show a market in Fangshan, a district in south-west Beijing, mired in…
Pottery Barn Rule Out, Trump’s ‘I Broke It, You Fix It’ Rule In
WASHINGTON – A quarter century after retired general and then-Secretary of State Colin Powell warned against invading Iraq by citing what became known as the Pottery Barn rule of “you break it, you own it,” President Donald Trump is unveiling his own…
In Revolutionary Statement, Fidel Castro’s Grandson Embraces “Capitalism With Sovereignty”
What is awkward for Democrats and their left-wing activist network of politicians and dark-money funded nonprofits is that the latest CNN interview with Fidel Castro’s grandson shattered years of left-wing America’s weird obsession with Cub…
The West Asia cauldron of conflict and its fallout
West Asia is currently enmeshed in what is essentially Benjamin Netanyahu’s war, aggravated by Donald Trump’s folly, lending itself to large-scale devastation. The conflict that began on February 28, 2026, when the United States and Israel launched l…
Newsom signs order requiring AI companies to prevent misuse
By Aldgra Fredly Contributing Writer
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order on Monday requiring artificial intelligence companies seeking to do business with the state to implement policies…
Trump: Birthright citizenship for children of freed slaves, not temporary visitors
By Matthew Vadum Contributing Writer
President Donald Trump said on Monday that the United States’ current birthright citizenship policy was created to grant citizenship to freed slaves and their children, not to children born to tempo…