The Donroe Doctrine The United States of America is on course to reincarnate the worst of the powerful era of Athens, the devastation of choosing military intervention over diplomacy, and embracing a dangerous foreign policy based on might rather than…

I am rarely one to engage in conspiracy theory, but, if one embraced the scientific definition of theory in this case, when there is mounting, verifiable, and consistent evidence pointing to a rising conspiracy one has to consider it. Mr.…

Why Dishonestly Besmirching Character Hurts Us All In an age where reputations can be destroyed with a few keystrokes, the vicious phenomenon of besmirching the character of individuals we may disagree with has become a troubling norm, and few cases…

The recent tragic event in Minnesota is convoluting two separate and serious issues; the validity and efficacy of the President’s immigration enforcement policy and the use of deadly force by police officers. These issues need to be separated to ensure…

We face a multi-pronged existential crisis in this country. A perfect storm of anti-science dumbing down of critical thinking, a growing intolerance for those who may be different than the majority, and an increasingly dangerous march toward an imbalance of…

(It says so right in the Bible, some of it in the red words!) All is well. We’ve nothing to fear for the lord is with us in our righteousness! We are guided by the lord in all our works,…

All Hail, Geezer! It has always been the old men who send the young off to war. They pump them full of hatred for an unfamiliar enemy, fuel their addiction to a love of country that blinds them to reality,…

Russia claims Volodymyr Zelensky is not the legitimate elected President of Ukraine. The United States claims Nicolas Maduro is not the legitimate elected President of Venezuela. (They had a practice run in 2020 about claiming election fraud and learned from…

It’s so simple, just ask a four-year-old. The innocence of children, a common theme, is a misnomer. The innocence implies they had some capability to surrender it. They do not until we teach them how. What children are is honest,…

“When you come to the fork in the road, take it.” Yogi Berra (sort of) America faces the most challenging crisis since the Civil War. Our government of checks and balances is now woefully unbalanced, controlled by those with checks…