Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin’s obsession with Taiwan and Ukraine, respectively, and their egos, collectively, threaten to spark a nuclear world war.
2020 Year in Review: Top 10 Articles from The Big Smoke America
Ta ta, 2020. What a year. The Big Smoke America is now five years old and has published over 2,100 articles and essays. Here are the Top 10 (+20 more) from 2020.
2017—America’s Year of Living Dangerously
What is past is prologue and, with the lessons of 2016 behind us, it’s time to look at the pivotal year that 2017 will be for America.
Calling on America’s Republicans
It’s turning out to be a peculiar August for the Western world in which a much-needed break is proving elusive as school nights close in on post-Brexit uncertainties and continuing terrorist tensions.
Today’s Female Leaders: Closing in on a Fifty-Fifty Ratio
The process of achieving true gender equality feels like it’s going at a snail’s pace, but in these troubling times, a fifty-fifty ratio is urgently needed to bring greater political and economic stability to the world.
U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan’s Endorsement of Donald Trump, Seriously.
The video of Paul Ryan’s endorsement of the man he was likely to replace as the GOP nominee, Donald Trump, says more than his words claim. The ayes have it.