Steve Sorkin, Author at Occasional Planet

Nuclear agreement: There is no “better deal” with Iran

Those who think “a better deal” with Iran is possible are beyond just dreamers– they are dangerous and naive fantasizers. Believing that the US

There has been a theory circulating for quite some time that the underlying cause of the anger and angst of the right wing, and

Luis Lang, of Fort Mill, South Carolina, was making quite a comfortable living, and chose not to buy health insurance, because he had always

I am a strong believer in organic foods. And not only because I think they are better for you to eat. It is just

The 2015 election results in Israel are a hot topic. I have read many comments on Facebook. and elsewhere online, from Israelis and American

Are there no Republican leaders with a sense of decency anymore? Any of them who respect the office of the President, even if they

I recently had the misfortune of hearing KMOX radio [in St. Louis] while in the car. (Except for some Cardinals games, I haven’t listened

Almost all of the analysis of the election results is over-complicated at best and wrong at worst. This professor has it exactly right, in

Perhaps the Democrats will be able to avoid losing the Senate tomorrow. I hope so, because if they don’t, we are in for a

Please take a moment to remember that 42 years ago today [June 17], a security guard named Frank Wills called the police when he