The Late Great American Republic
“The reason many are not shocked about [Trump’s abuse of power] is that this president has dumbed down the idea of morality in his administration.” – Mark Galli, editor in […]
Evangelicals Faustian Bargain with Trump
“We must dissent from the poverty of vision and the absence of moral leadership. We must dissent because America can do better, because America has no choice but to do […]
Burgess Needs to put Constitution & constituents before Trump
“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored” – Aldous Huxley Trump and his Republican toadies including my Congressman, Michael Burgess, (Tx-26), in glasses standing just to […]
The New Norm?
“And thus I clothe my naked villainy With odd old ends stol’n out of holy writ; And seem a saint, when most I play the devil.” ― William Shakespeare, Richard […]
The Hate You Harbor
“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson A study earlier this year found what most of us already suspected – we […]
Another (Vape)Smoke and Mirrors Charade Taking Place in the White House
Headlines about vaping expressing fears that it may become the latest national health problem are drawing concerns from the public, even Donald Trump supposedly and the First lady. While […]
Four Distinct Components to End Mass Shootings – Part IV
This is the final piece on a four-part series. Parts I, II and III can be found here, here and here. America’s Culure of Violence Addressing the culture of […]
Four Distinct Components to End Mass Shootings – Part III
“Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the arc of the covenant, too sacred to be touched. But … laws and institutions must go hand […]
Four Distinct Components to End Mass Shootings – Part II
This is the second of four articles on how to address the the gun violence epidemic in the U.S. Part I can be found here Mental Health Care & Gun […]
Four Distinct Components to End Mass Shootings
The times we find ourselves in with mass shootings and an excess of gun violence did not take a few days, weeks or months to evolve. It has slowly gathered […]
