Fit to Serve
Two months ago, I wrote a column supporting a mandatory retirement age for federal offices. That means the president, the cabinet, the judges, and all the way down the line. When published, my email address is listed below my column,…
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Information void haunts Epstein case
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…
Time to remember Kent State
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.…
Time for mandatory retirement age
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…
The power of compromise
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…
Signal chat excuses unhelpful and lack accountability
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…
Canadian wedding, U.S. emotions
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…
Our flawed health care system
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…
Megan Giles Cooney | Billions in opioid deal bear watching
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…
When will school shootings get action?
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…