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For many, the election of Donald Trump as US President is the start of an uncertain time. We have already seen that some troublesome campaign rhetoric is actually becoming policy through the [...]

When asked, I Iist JFK and Barack Obama as my favorite US presidents if only for personal style. But in terms of personality, I am now wholeheartedly adding John Adams, first Vice-President [...]

So this has been a funny week. Like many, I did not see the election of Donald Trump coming. And like many, it was probably because I just did not want to see, or because I couldn’t see it from [...]

Like many, I watched in shock when Donald Trump got elected President on November 8. But soon as the numbers came in and I read the different analyses on how his election come to pass I was not [...]

This is going to be short one. I usually have one or two posts already prepared before either Monday or Thursday, but unfortunately not for today. Plus, I had a sleep-in today, because I am a [...]

Stephanie Ross DeSimone is suing Saudi Arabia for its role in 9/11 and the death of her husband. Because she can. On October 26 2016, the US Congress voted to override President Obama’s veto of [...]

International criminal justice took a few tough hits recently. With several African countries announcing their withdrawal from the International Criminal Court, the question is what now? Is the [...]

[Warning: long and cliché complaint about the abominable status of political discourse everywhere. You will have heard or read it all before. Ignore at your own convenience. Or not.] Are we [...]

Part of my academic research for the last three years was focused on the issue of sea piracy, as I have noted before. One particular problem caught my attention. In trying to fight off pirates at [...]