Now that the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) has turned the clock back half a century on women’s reproductive rights by reversing its 1973 Roe versus Wade decision, abortion is now illegal in the following states: Missouri Texas Arkansas Idaho Kentucky Louisiana North Dakota South Dakota Oklahoma Tennessee Utah Wyoming …

Last week, a group of senators- 10 Democrats, 10 republicans-reached a bipartisan agreement on gun safety that could lead to new federal firearms regulations, including increasing funding for mental health and school security. The agreement includes incentivizing more states to pass “ red-flag laws,” legislation designed to…

January 6th, 2021, the day a violent mob almost successfully overthrew our government, was the darkest day in recent American history. It was practice. The threat to our elections is still very much present. “Never-Trump” conservative Jennifer Rubin reported for The Washington Post: “In case you thought President Donald Trump’s…

Do you feel that mass shootings are… Unfortunately something we have to accept as part of a free society? Something we can prevent and stop if we really tried? Which option would you choose? This question is one of 26 featured on a CBS and YouGov survey administered to 2,021…

While it is convenient to blame the President of the United States for all that ails society, there are drawbacks to operating within an economically interdependent capitalist-driven market that cannot be manipulated from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Just as Joe Biden does not control global gas prices, neither does he control…

Addiction is a mental illness, and when someone suffers from addiction, it’s not illogical to try to remove the drug to which the person is addicted while treating his or her addiction. If someone is reportedly suicidal, we expect implements that could be used to harm him or herself to…

In his first inaugural address in 1981, Ronald Reagan declared, “Government is not the solution to our problems. Government is the problem.” Reagan loved the clever slogan, “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’” Nothing could have…

Last month, United Nations Secretary General António Guterres darkly pronounced “I have seen many scientific reports in my time, but nothing like this… atlas of human suffering” after reading an International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report warning of “widespread and pervasive” impacts on all living things from frequent and…

The United States suffered another mass shooting Saturday. That makes 202 mass shootings so far this year. There haven’t even been 202 days in the year yet. The 18-year-old gunman who perpetrated the Buffalo, NY act of domestic terrorism this weekend had a history of threats, had traveled to the…