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Local Sudanese Organizations are Best Equipped to Deliver Aid To Most Needy
As a Sudanese National living in the United States, but was born and raised, growing up in the outskirts of North Kordofan, Sennar, and Nyala before finally settling in Khartoum, my heart is heavy, filled with grief and suffering, witnessing and watching the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Sudan unfold. This past April marked one year […]
Kristi Noem’s Book Tour From Hell
Calling the rollout and abruptly cancelled tour for South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem’s recent book No Going Back an unmitigated disaster would be a charitable act. How she thought bragging about questionable decisions involving puppies and goats and making up things about her career that seem not to have happened in a book, then going […]
Death of a 1000 Year Old Christian Church?
Orthodox Easter is celebrated several weeks after the feasts of Christian Easter and Passover. Once again last Sunday it was celebrated by hundreds of millions of Christians around the globe for whom it is a day of great hope and joy, and Christ’s victory over death is a promise of eternal life to all who […]
Police Officers Cannot Violate The Fourth Amendment Law
It is a felony and a federal crime to impersonate someone else and intercept private communications intended for them, 18 U.S. Code § 2511. There is no exception for police, and no exception if written permission is obtained. Yet impersonating others online is the basis for police sting operations across the country. Law enforcement must […]
Emerging Healthcare Procedures Hold Promise for Troops and Veterans
War is covered everyday around the globe in news headlines, and the extent of American foreign policy in those events. Lesser reported is the consistent funding that goes into Veteran healthcare for those who served in previous conflicts. The U.S. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) budget for 2024 is hundreds of billions of dollars […]
AI: When Business and Science Don’t Mix
Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, is a self-professed techno-optimist and accelerationist. He believes that Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies will usher in a bright future for humanity and that we should do whatever we can to bring about this bright future as soon as possible. We should not put any obstacles in the way of […]
Donald Trump is a Direct Threat to the U.S. Constitution and Rule of Law – We Must Stop Him
As a 2024 Republican Presidential Candidate, I am appalled at the dumbing down of January 6, 2021 events and the free pass many are giving to the central figure of that tragic day, former President Donald J. Trump. As a military service member for more than 21 years, my life and sacred honor have been […]
New Disclosure Rules Expose Bad Actuarial Finance; Obscures Trillions of Public Pension Debt
Consider a 45-year-old state government employee earning $75,000 per year in a job that provides no retirement benefits. In order to nudge her to save something for retirement, her employer changes her pay package to $73,000 in cash plus a zero-coupon Treasury bond paying $5,000 in 20 years. The bond costs $2,000. Instead of keeping […]
Russia invaded Ukraine out of deep-seated envy of Ukraine’s success and a need to reestablish Russian Orthodoxy—it was not over land, energy, or NATO
Russia did not invade Ukraine for energy, opposition to NATO membership, or control of the Black Sea. It invaded because Ukraine was doing too well for Russia’s own good—the Prigozhin affair will only strengthen Russian resolve. Peace talks that try to focus on some deal over land, energy, or NATO membership will completely miss the […]
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 to be here. Had a wonderful Thanksgiving experience. But still, I long for Costa Rica. To say it was the […]