Love and hate, the two most prevalent human emotions. Every human on the planet, save those afflicted with serious mental health issues, has experienced these feelings. They cannot be legislated and neither emotion is, in itself, considered to be a crime. It is what some people do with their hate that is the problem. The eruption of hate into criminal behavior resulted in passage of a federal hate crimes law back in 1968. … [Read more...]
History Matters and So Does Political Reality
Here we go again! In the aftermath of the mismanaged U.S. military pullout in Afghanistan calls to impeach the president, or demands for him to resign, are being heard daily. Our republic cannot stand if lawmakers resort to undoing elections via impeachment every few years. If we, the electorate, are voting for undeserving or incompetent candidates then that is on us, and we need to reexamine how we chose who to vote for. … [Read more...]
The Clock is Ticking on Ways to Fix the U.S. Election System
This column is not about relitigating the 2020 election. Joseph Biden is the duly certified U.S. President. Period. Now, let’s talk about the mess in which we find our election system. Let’s talk about voter fraud. It does exist, claims to the contrary are incorrect. And discussions about voting integrity matter because we have about one year to decide how to avoid the confusion and controversy surrounding the 2020 election. … [Read more...]
The Fentanyl Flood Into the US – Why Can’t We Make It Stop?
About eleven times every hour, about 250 times a day, an American citizen dies of a drug overdose. The most frequent culprit is fentanyl. The most popular mode of delivery is fentanyl laced heroin, fentanyl mixed with cocaine or illegally produced OxyContin pain pills containing fentanyl. And it’s not just hard-core addicts who are dying. … [Read more...]
Once the Nation’s ‘Luv Guv’, Now He’s Radioactive
What is society to do with someone who has been investigated and found to have broken both federal and state laws by sexually harassing at least eleven different women? Well, in the case of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, the subject of a five-month long investigation by the state’s Attorney General, apparently the answer is: nothing. … [Read more...]
Americans are in Debt and the Vultures are Circling
Americans are now deeper in debt than any other time in our nation’s history. Especially acute are mounting debts on past due mortgage payments, student loans and medical bills. In fact, medical debt is one of the most often mentioned causes of personal bankruptcies in the U.S. and the situation has only gotten worse during the pandemic. … [Read more...]
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