Here’s how politics in America works: The Donkeys (Democratic National Committee or DNC) and Elephants (Republican National Committee or RNC) have carefully constructed two purely hypothetical and illusory public facades for us to either identify with or reject....

I often speculate about the world in 2048, the year I will turn 100. The easy prediction is that transportation will be fully automated in order to eliminate human error and traffic fatalities, but until recently my shortsighted opinion was that most transportation...

As a boy, I remember sitting in the front yard thinking about the possibility of an asteroid hitting the earth. I decided we’d have to figure out a way to blast them before they hit. Then I forgot all about it and went off to play. I was not the first to contemplate...

As a teacher for 33 years, I have posted in defense of hard-working education professionals, who have recently come under a lot of false fire. They are not, as one right wing narrative goes, a pack of Liberals intent on indoctrinating American youth. Wrong on both...

In 2009, the Tea Party burst like a glorious firework in the American night sky and then disappeared. Where did it go? It was co-opted both from the top and from the bottom of American society. Let’s Review! The Tea Party movement is said by some to have been born out...

On this day of Queen Elizabeth’s funeral, it would seem to be a good time for some reflection as to why the British are still nominally tied to the monarchy, and why we, here in America, seem to care. First it must be acknowledged that England is a monarchy in name...

Many spend their time and efforts wagging a shaggy finger at America’s big cities, bemoaning the crime and predicting economic and moral disaster. Allow me to point in the opposite direction. The CBS Sunday morning show this morning took time out from their...

One of our biggest topics for argumentation is Climate Change. As always, our opinions are often more persuasive than the actual facts. Fact # 1: Climate Change Deniers are wrong if they go so far as to say that climate change news is fake. Climate Change is a...

To the Moon! Surprise! We are on our way to the moon. We have been living in space for two decades now. The next step, in the planning stages for those same two decades and launching today, is living on the moon. According to Jim Bridenstine, NASA director, we are...

It’s fair to say that both the left and the right (substitute the terms Democrats and Republicans if you prefer) feel they are under siege. I personally am not feeling it! I read an article recently that outlined a Democrat strategy for gaining a majority. Allow me to...