Nothing against any of the Founding Fathers. They were writing the constitution and the Bill of Rights in a hurry and under duress, and they were trying to stitch together a lasting document that satisfied competing interests. When James Madison penned the Bill of...

As a teacher of English for 33 years, I have often lectured on the importance of precise language accurately conveying the true and intended meaning. It is too bad that simple lesson did not inform James Madison when he penned the Bill of Rights. Let’s start with...

My friend and I are having a useful debate. Perhaps you’d like to join this discussion. He says that laws can be, and sometimes are, corrupt. I say we live and thrive under the Rule of Law; and if is Legal, it is the very antithesis of corruption. I will quickly...

Politicians claiming the last presidential election was stolen by the Democrats are liars who are undermining faith in the American political system solely for partisan political gain. These tactics are shameful, divisive, and un-American. It’s fearmongering. If you...

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...