Links
About

Reporting and Commentary

Promises Made, Promises Not Kept

7/11/2025
U.S. Parole Process for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans (CHNV), Interview With “Sergio”

7/8/2025
Annus Horribilis

7/5/2025
Trump v. Vets

8/31/2024
Our “Oppenheimer moment” and the threats of advanced technology

8/27/2023
The Clock is Ticking on a Nuclear Deal with Iran

2/20/2021
Voters must educate themselves about the complex history of the US and Iran

1/6/2020
Social Cohesion Issues in Germany and America Op-ed

5/26/2019
No Room for Hate | Tennessean Op-ed

3/20/2019
The Doomsday Clock is ticking | Tennessean Op-ed

2/10/2019
Understanding America’s nerve-racking foreign policy | Tennessean Op-ed

5/9/2018
ANALYSIS: Why Trump’s trip to Riyadh will mark a new chapter

5/17/2017
Saudi Vision 2030 and its architect reach Tokyo

9/2/2016
Global Entrepreneurship Summit to boost social business agenda

6/21/2016
Future of Saudi-US joint business opportunities in spotlight

6/21/2016
Saudi’s massive Uber investment: What the analysts think

6/2/2016
A Perspective on the University of Tennessee Campus Climate

5/15/2016
Nashville Predators Knock Out Anaheim Ducks

4/28/2016
Analyzing Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030

4/27/2016
Obama’s presidency sees shift in US-Saudi trade ties

4/19/2016
President Barack Obama and Saudi Arabia, “It’s Complicated”

4/17/2016
Saudi-Egyptian trade, investment ties headline King Salman’s visit

4/8/2016
Saudi Aramco IPO signals serious economic reform prospects

4/2/2016
Raising New Flags and Hopes in US-Cuba Relations

3/24/2016
Planned Parenthood and the Art of Charts

9/30/2015
The Legacy of King Abdullah: A Conversation with Dr. Hanan Edrees

9/9/2015
What’s needed for better Saudi-U.S. business ties?

9/3/2015
The Prayer and Unseen Pictures, Semper fi

4/30/2015
Someone Who Got It Right: Sandra Mackey (1937-2015)

4/20/2015
Russia: Back to the Future

3/9/2014
On behalf…

11/14/2013
Never Forgotten

3/19/2013
Clear Minds, Not Politics Needed in Middle East

9/22/2012
Dear Mr. Obama

1/3/2012
The Central Role of Saudi Arabia to U.S. Middle East Interests

11/6/2011
She Opened Our Window to the World

4/16/2011
Tennessee Pride Runs Deep

4/10/2011
Foreign Policy and War On The Fly

3/26/2011
At the Tipping Point in the Arab World

1/29/2011
Images of Humanity and a Night of Triumph

1/15/2011
America’s Global Indifference and Looming Challenges

1/8/2011
Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things

10/26/2010
Coffee and Steel

10/10/2010
Political Pandering – “Tennessee No Evil”

8/26/2010
Political Pandering Ad Nauseum, A Special Comment

8/26/2010
SUSRIS Project Profiled

8/10/2010
Political Pandering Column Postscript

8/8/2010
Political Pandering and the Bill of Rights

8/5/2010
On the Cover of the Rolling Stone

6/26/2010
Not on the Cover of the Rolling Stone

6/26/2010
Memo to Fox Postscript

6/1/2010
Memo to Glenn Beck and Fox News Media Mogul Rupert Murdoch

5/29/2010
Generosity and Misperceptions in Meeting Needs Abroad

4/23/2010
The World Comes to Cookeville

4/9/2010
Stop the Clock

4/2/2010
Israeli Housing Settlements Trump Peace Settlements

3/12/2010
International Security Policy Isn’t That Tough, Just Ask Yogi

3/7/2010
Health Care You Can Believe In

3/2/2010
Cold War on Ice

2/21/2010
Closing in on Midnight With Iran

2/12/2010
Feeds

2/10/2010
Connecting the dots of America’s well-being

2/5/2010
Now in Cookeville

1/22/2010
Helping the Helpless in Haiti

1/15/2010
Resolutions Past, Present and Future

1/8/2010
Ending Polio – Video

1/2/2010
King Abdullah GulfWire Interview

2/4/2001

© 2025