There are no shortages of opinions regarding the most pressing issues facing this nation.  Some cite the rising national debt and point to the fact that historically speaking; large debt always precedes the collapse of government.  Others point to the safe spaces that...

Social Security has long been called the third rail of American politics because of the political danger it poses to politicians attempting to change or reform it.  But change it must because Social Security will not deliver as promised to the majority of Americans...

This is a reprint of a commentary I wrote years ago in the Vail Daily, and every word is true! For Italian mothers, Christmas is the social event of the season—it’s their raison d’être. They clean, they cook, they bake; they orchestrate the day.  In essence, Christmas...

For three years we've heard Nadler and Schiff tell anyone who would listen that they had "proof" of Russian collusion on the part of the Trump campaign, so in light of the recent IG report I decided to write this commentary and do something novel in the world of...

Recently I had an experience that truly saddened me.  It occurred at my local pharmacy when a woman who I didn’t immediately recognize said hello to me.  Trying to gloss over that fact that I couldn’t quite recall her name I said, “Oh hi, I didn’t recognize you with...

Attendant to the Christmas season comes the inevitable search for that perfect gift.  Now I don’t know if there actually is such a thing as a “perfect gift;” nonetheless, many years ago I heard a story about a gift that comes pretty darned close to describing one, and...

OK ~ so impeachment and all things political are occupying the news, but it's the holiday season and enough is enough, at least until the after the first of the year.  Besides, trying to have a reasoned discussion about Trump with a liberal is akin to making a square...

A demonym is any name derived from a place that helps describe people who live there.  Californians are people who live in California; Frenchmen live in France, and so on.  But all demonyms aren’t created equal. For example, the United States has been accused of...

A new California law mandates that by the end of 2019, public companies with an executive base in California must have at least one woman on its board of directors.  The law also mandates that by 2021, those numbers must increase to a minimum of 3 female directors if...