Mar 13, 2023
AWOKE
CULTURE WARS DEBASE AMERICAN CULTURE I have wrestled for decades with the hope that there would someday be a great American awakening....
Jan 11, 2023
CRUELTY
AMERICA’S "EXCEPTIONAL” REFUGEE RESPONSE It was an unusually cold Christmas this past year in much of the United States. Yet Christmas...
Sep 25, 2022
TIME TO STAND FOR SOMETHING
WORKING POOR SUBSIDIZE THE REST OF US It sure seems that royalty sells in America. Amid the pomp and ritual, the Queen of England got...
Aug 15, 2022
CAN THE CLIMATE CHANGE?
LEGISLATION DELIVERS A RAY OF HOPE It is hard for me to figure out the whole climate change challenge. For starters, I am a lawyer, not...
Sep 29, 2021
BOUNTIFUL
AMERICA LURCHES TOWARD ITS CHECKERED PAST If you live in Texas, are unemployed and own a handgun, you are in luck. The Texas Republican...
Sep 1, 2021
REMEMBERING WHAT TO REMEMBER
CONVENIENT MEMORIES DISTORT REALITY As America wends its way toward the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 disaster, there are still terrorists...
Apr 3, 2021
TRAINS TO NOWHERE
OBSTRUCTING GOVERNANCE AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY It is hard to figure out why it seems so difficult to be a White guy in today’s...
Feb 25, 2021
THE PERFECT GOOD
SEEKING A JUST AND EQUITABLE SOCIETY While keeping a wary eye on the Republican Party bloodbath from a safe distance, it is probably time...
Jul 11, 2020
NOW EVIDENT TRUTHS
A NATION IN DARKNESS CONFRONTS ITSELF As America’s 2020 Independence Day fades from memory, many things are clearer. Americans love to...
Apr 23, 2020
NEW LEFT DAWNING
RETURN TO "NORMAL" IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH This is a time in which an invisible virus is stripping us naked, leaving many shivering in the...