So what if President Donald Trump told the grieving widow of a soldier in Afghanistan that he knew what he signed up for? It’s the truth. Why do we punish people for stating the truth? It’s also a matter of … Continue reading
Former President George W. Bush delivered a public repudiation of President Donald Trump’s political identity, suggesting many aspects of the current administration are fueling division in the United States and around the world. The former president defended the ideas of … Continue reading
How come it’s so hard to “drain the swamp” as President Trump promised? Was he insincere — or could the problem be we, the people? Remember that without a huge, active and intrusive government, there would be no “swamp”. We … Continue reading
I am so sick of reading stories about how somebody enraged “the black community”, “the Hispanic community”, “the LGBT community”, or “the women’s community”. What does it mean to say “the community” of some demographic group is enraged? Does it … Continue reading
It’s a rare moment when we don’t experience an emotion. But is it based in fact, or is it just a reaction (right or wrong) to some stimulus around us? When you experience an emotion, it’s important to identify it … Continue reading
Last week on BBC’s “Hardtalk,” actress Jane Fonda was asked by show host Stephen Sackur if inside her she had a “sense of regret” for her 1972 visit to North Vietnam at the height of the Vietnam War. Fonda denied … Continue reading
Problems in relationships and business usually boil down to one thing: Bad judgment. Judgment – good or bad – is in terribly short supply nowadays. Like the overabundance of selections on TV and the Internet, we’re saturated with options and … Continue reading
Feminists coo over their victory at forcing Boy Scouts to accept girls. But aren’t they conceding that the Boy Scouts were superior to the Girl Scouts all along? We have to stop being so afraid of the insane and the … Continue reading
An Arizona restaurant was forced to close its doors indefinitely this week after a politically charged Facebook post the eatery’s owners wrote prompted mass criticism from social media users. Here’s what the post (that later went viral) said: The restaurant … Continue reading
President Trump touted his executive order on Obamacare that attempts to lower premium costs for younger Americans and others while cutting off federal subsidies to insurance companies, saying their “windfall” has ended. “Health Insurance stocks, which have gone through the … Continue reading
President Donald Trump will not re-certify to Congress Iranian compliance with the landmark nuclear deal signed in 2015 under President Barack Obama, but will keep the agreement itself in place. Bad idea. It’s a middle ground approach, typical of Republicans … Continue reading
Nancy Pelosi let the cat out of the bag recently when she said, “They’re going to say, ‘You give them bump stock, it’s going to be a slippery slope [on gun control/gun bans].’ I certainly hope so,” she told a … Continue reading