Last week I wrote that Donald Trump didn’t start the current conflict in the Middle East.  He’s just the first American president who believed we could not kick the can down road any longer without posing grave risks to the United States and the world.  I also wrote...

Today I want to share a few thoughts about the current hostilities in the Middle East... A)The United States has been involved in more than 150-armed conflicts since our nation’s founding.  However, the United States Congress has only declared war in five (5) of those...

One of the things I miss most about writing commentary for a public newspaper is reading the letters to the editor in response to one of my political opinion pieces.  Unfortunately, this website doesn’t allow for responses, but today I’m going ask a few questions in...

The teacher offered her class a simple story.  "A ship is sinking.  A husband and wife make it to a lifeboat, but there’s only one seat left.  The husband jumps in and the wife stays behind in the freezing water.  Just before the ocean takes her under, she shouts her...

When thinking about what to write about today, I happened upon an old quote from the world of baseball.  Some quotes don’t just age badly; some are so ignorant they are hard to believe—not because the future surprised someone, but because the speaker never understood...

The Encyclopedia Britannica defines a trophic cascade as an ecological phenomenon in which changes at the top of a food chain ripple downward, reshaping an entire ecosystem in ways that are often unintended and initially unseen. Put plainly: changes made at the top...

The First Amendment is the beating heart of American democracy, giving us the right to speak, think, question, criticize, worship, and organize.  And any attempt to narrow those liberties strikes at the core of who we are and how we govern ourselves Meanwhile and...

The purpose of I.C.E. (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) is to enforce federal laws governing border control, customs, trade, and immigration.  ICE was created in 2003 under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after the September 11 attacks with the...

Sometimes I’ll run across an opinion piece that’s so spot on it must be shared.   So, today I’m including a link to “Me Too for Me, but Not for Thee” by Judd Garrett - https://juddgarrett.substack.com/?utm_source=chatgpt.com Garrett begins his article by dialing back...