Barry D. Wood

There can be no democracy without a free press.  Thomas Jefferson had it right two centuries ago when he said that “self-government is not possible

Always the huckster, presidential candidate Donald Trump online offers “a limited edition, official Trump watch” priced from $499 to $100,000.” Swiss-made, bearing the word “Trump”

It was a master stroke by Democratic party leaders to dump octogenarian Joe Biden, replacing him with Kamala Harris as candidate for president.  It was

During five decades of travelling and writing, I’ve met several people who through their humanity and ability to stay focused conveyed a rare, clear sense

We have emerged from an extraordinary month.  Events in America swept past with the speed and force of a summer tornado.  From the Trump Biden

At the peak of its power, Anglo American utterly dominated South Africa’s economy. It alone accounted for 25% of South African GDP and 60% of

In the summer of 1967 two friends and I visited the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. We were graduate students in a US-funded programme on

At the 2021 Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting, Warren Buffett addressed the question of trading for the short term. He asked his on-line audience how many

TechCrunch, a leading technology website, says “Apple’s Vision Pro will live or die on the backs of developers.”  That’s probably true. The most startling advance

CHARLESTON, SC: Back in September I wrote on these pages that America’s presumed presidential candidates were too old and the country desperately needed fresh blood.