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...
Recent Commentaries
A Moral for our Times
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...
Beyond Intellectually Shallow Thinking
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...
Trophic Cascades, Wolves, and the Cost of Taxing Success
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...
When Speech is Restricted Democracy becomes a Facade.
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...
Seizing the Narrative
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...
The Hypocrisy of the Left Knows no Bounds
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...
Theater with Dire Consequences
When An Inconvenient Truth was released in 2006, it was not presented as a speculative documentary. It was framed as settled science and a moral imperative; pretty heady stuff considering the source. Al Gore did not merely argue that climate change deserved...
Obamacare Subidies
In a recent post Jonathan Turley opined about the growing disaster inside Britain’s National Health Service — a warning sign for any nation tempted by the political sugar high of government-run healthcare....
Appeasing Dictators
If you’re like most Americans, you may be wondering why Donald Trump has chosen to confront Venezuela so aggressively. While we don’t know what goes on behind closed doors in the Oval Office, it’s clear this dispute extends beyond just narco-trafficking and illegal...