Sometimes there’s a benefit to hanging back a few days while the opposition simmers down a bit and the support…
Immigration & Refugees
World Population Slows and Yet We’re Not Satisfied
This fascinating article passed my way and I guess I’m confused. Time was when we feared explosive population increases. 1955…
The U.S. Supreme Court—Public Enemy #1
That’s a pretty harsh charge and I understand that, but we have to understand a few things in order to…
If You Lie Down With Dogs, You Get Fleas
That’s an old adage, attributed to actress Jean Harlow, but what makes adages old is their truths. And the truth…
Why Conspiracy Theories?
Conspiracy theories are not a big problem for a large majority of Americans and they wonder how this marginal group…
Feel-Good Nazi Prosecutions
Is this a little weird, or not? According to the article, a 95-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard who has…
The Left-Out Part of Immigration Reform
It’s very fashionable these days to speculate on immigration reform. Our current president has his own views, most of…
Migration, a Problem in Its Infancy
Counting the dead. We’re extraordinarily good at counting the dead, we warlike nations. Every drone-strike has its body-count and we’re…
Headlines That Make Me Nuts
“No rest for migrant-weary Europe in 2016 as desperate refugees flood continent” That from CNBC News, to herald the beginning…
How Dare We?
How dare we in Europe wrangle endlessly over taking in desperate migrants fleeing the bombs and disintegration of their own…