Who would have imagined sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, found dead in his Manhattan jail cell six years ago, would highlight a consensus in the United States? If the Epstein case were a Venn diagram — two opposite view circles partially…
I am a kid of the tragedy at Kent State University. I wasn’t there, but I had a front-row seat to the awful aftermath of Ohio National Guard troops firing on protesting unarmed students, killing four and wounding nine others.…
In June, President Donald Trump turns 79 years old. Joe Biden took office as president at age 78 and left at 82. They are the oldest presidents to ever serve the United States. I will admit, watching former President Biden’s…
Beware of anyone who says they have an answer for everything. They can fix it. This promise is false, and history is littered with people who said, “I alone…” We don’t need to look to mythology or other legends to…
Here is the rub I have with White House senior defense officials using the public access, non-secure chat app Signal to discuss attack plans for bombing Houthi rebels in Yemen: Military lives were at risk. Recently, while driving by the…
We can all relate to a time when we have hurt someone near and dear. Life, being life, has consequences; the rules of physics dictate that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. I went to a…
Most Americans are familiar with the inadequacies of health care insurance: it is expensive, not transparent, with costs and claim denials the crux of complaints. The original purpose of health care in this country was to pay for catastrophic and…
Opioid abuse tells a tragic American story since avoidable deaths began in the 1990s. Nearly 700,000 people lost their lives to overdoses of OxyContin and offshoots of the highly addictive painkiller. Overdose deaths from opioids are now decreasing, but the…
Please, America. Where are we going with gun violence against children in what should be a designated safe place: school? Will this detail from the latest school shooting in Wisconsin force you to pay attention to the trauma forced on…
After Thanksgiving, I watched a documentary that ultimately set me at odds with December’s frenzied pace. For me, the month has evolved from a time of calm reflection into a month of haves and wants. The new National Geographic documentary…