Pura Vida, My Time in Costa Rica
The Costa Rican Experience. I just spent nearly a month all over the Guanacaste Region on the Pacific side of Costa Rica. I’m in Atlanta now by demand of a woman I love. I’m happy…
A Warning About the Probate Industrial Complex
A well-organized crime wave is sweeping across this country, and it is positioned to devastate a generation. With baby-boomers holding one-half of the nation’s wealth, their money, homes, investments, and family treasures, all thought to…
Time to Reconsider The Mass Incarceration of North Carolina's School Children
Students of color and students with disabilities in North Carolina are disproportionately reported to law enforcement, which is raising concerns about the effectiveness of school resource officers in addressing oppressive actions on campuses across the…
Use Actions, not Words, To Evaluate a Presidential Candidate’s Character
Candidates running for president will stretch the truth or even lie. In 1987, candidate Joe Biden said he graduated in the top half of his law school class when he only ranked 76th out of…
The Rebirth Of Ethics In America
Thirty-five years ago, syndicated columnist Cal Thomas wrote a book entitled, The Death of Ethics in America, citing (among many others) a 1987 Wall Street Journal headline, “Ethics can be nice, but they can be a handicap, some executives declare.” In the…
Was Trump "Right" to Think He Can Get Away With It?
When the story broke about classified documents turning up at Mar-a-Lago, a reporter friend called me and said with exasperation, “Why would he take that stuff?!” My response was, “Why wouldn’t he?” It wasn’t my first quip…
One Year on From the 2022 Russian Call for Conscription
Tbilisi, Georgia – with the one year anniversary of the ‘Russian Mobilization’ call for conscription (Частичная мобилизация в России, Chastichnaya mobilizatsiya v Rossii), approaching it begs the question; what happened to all the Russians who…
Pardon Me (Take-Two): But the Manhattan Indictment of Trump Matters
Two months ago, I wrote that the Manhattan indictments of Former President Trump are way more important than people recognized. If Trump didn’t pay hush money to Stormy Daniels, she could have gone public with…
The Importance of Educating Americans About the Holocaust
At this vital point in American history, it’s important to stop and consider where we are headed as a country and as a people. Some of the rhetoric and actions we see and hear are…
New Jersey Democrats Should Avoid Pushing Bans of the Sale of New Gas-Powered Vehicles
With the state legislature in session, the Democratic Governor of New Jersey, Phil Murphy, is taking steps to speed the rapid deployment of electric vehicles, or EVs, in the state. With this in mind, I…
It's Time to Recognize that Social Media May Create Trauma
Social media has taken the world by storm. According to a recent demographic study, nearly 5 billion people use social media as of 2023. In today’s world, and especially in Western culture, it is rare…