author - oman observer

There was a time when I believed that the two most powerful sentences in the English language were “I love you” and “I’m sorry". I now know that those words can wound, deeply, when they’re...

President Donald Trump is doing damage to America that could take a generation or more to repair. The next election cannot fix what Trump is breaking. Neither can the one after that.To understand the...

I grew up a Reagan Republican in the middle of the Cold War, and I never thought I’d see the day when the president of the US became the world’s most prominent and effective Russian...

Early Nov. 10, my phone rang with terrible news: My wife, Nancy, has a highly aggressive form of breast cancer.Even as I type these words, I know there are countless readers who know the exact...

There is a depressing familiarity now to the conversations I’m hearing among parents of teenagers. After the obligatory pleasantries, talk often turns to mental health. Someone’s daughter is...