Under the Heading Giving the Devil his Due. President Trump has potentially achieved two things no President has ever done before. He’s created an opportunity for the formal end of the Korean War and the Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.…

If you support the president, welcome. If you despise the president, welcome. If you pray to God, welcome. If you wonder if there is a god, welcome. If you love a person of the opposite sex, welcome. If you love…

Read, and comment as I know you will, my guest post on a quite interesting blog by a retired Canadian RCMP Homicide detective turned brilliant author, Garry Rodgers via WHY AMERICA CAN’T EFFECTIVELY CONTROL GUNS — Dying Words

In all the vitriol, anger, and twisted logic in the debate on guns and violence in America, one vital aspect is kicked to the side, ignored and discounted; personal responsibility for one’s actions. In our single-minded focus on trying to…

The First Amendment protects us from government restrictions on the free expression of one’s personal and political views. It is different within the private sector. Employers may limit the exercise of free speech when it directly affects their business. No…

For the briefest of moments, I almost believed. The strategic opportunity of the century seemed within grasp. The official end of the Korean War and a denuclearized North Korea rejoining the world are elusive goals. The moment shattered by the…

I like to think of myself as a writer. Words have always come easily. Often, it seems I couldn’t stop them even if I wanted to. But today I have no words. Today, I must ask if someone, anyone, can…

A photograph of a group of high school students praying before their prom dinner sparked an angry debate on social media. The image was posted by Oakland journalist Frank Somerville after one of the youngsters’ mothers sent it to him as…

Saigon, Vietnam, 2018 Since 1975 and the reunification of the country, the official name of Saigon is Ho Chi Minh city. For the locals, they use this as a way of separating the natives from those who came later. If…

Flying from Chiang Mai, Thailand to Luang Prabang, Laos on a ATR-72 (70 passenger plane) is a bit different than the typical American domestic flight.While the aircraft was modern and airworthy, trying to understand the announcements (even the English version)…