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Success is no longer a monolith

The recent editorial, "Why Americans Have Soured on Higher Education," accurately captures growing public skepticism, but it risks throwing the baby out with the bathwater by equating all postsecondary pursuits with the failings of elite four-year institutions. While concerns regarding tuition costs are valid, viewing the landscape solely through the lens of traditional "prestige" overlooks the most vital engine of our modern economy: a diverse range of success paths. The narrative that a degree is no longer "worth it" ignores the shifting reality of the 2026 labor market. Success is no ...

Hope for future generations

I’m not alone in experiencing an array of emotions in response to the damage from the latest ice storm. Sadly, it is a foreseeable result of decisions being made by corporate interests every minute of every day. So is the plethora of climate-related disasters that are becoming commonplace across our planet. In fact, these are precisely the types of events scientists began warning us about in the early 1970’s. I was 9 years old when I asked a trusted authority figure about global warming. He said it was a hoax. Since then, I’ve learned a lot. As a business attorney, I came to ...

President Donald J Trump is in Charge

Love him or hate him in the world of energy: the Rule-of-Law, international free trade, the strength of the United States Constitution, and having friends and allies and trading partners have no meaning. Under the direction of President Donald J Trump, The United States of America has become little more than a private vassal to Russian energy policy. The basic tenet of a strong and united democracy - I protect your rights and you protect mine and we all stand together is gone. For all of its meaning in the world of energy "The United States of America" is an oxymoron. We stand entirely ...

Recall is a democratic process

A recall is a democratic process used to remove an elected official from office before their term expires. Recalls serve as a tool for accountability. The process requires submitting and a petition with specific, factual reasons for the recall for approval by election board and obtaining a designated number of signatures from registered voters in the voting district. Then an election is held for the voters to decide. Elected officials can be recalled when voters are dissatisfied with their performance, often due to actions perceived as violating the oath of office, neglecting ...

On Citizenship

A citizen has various civic responsibilities, including voting, staying informed, and participating in community life. If we were living up to those responsibilities, we likely would not be faced with the current level of societal decline. We air our grievances and complain on social media, yet very few are willing to consider that maybe they, the individual, are part of the problem. Strive to be the solution. Voting is a vehicle for societal change. We’re lucky to see a twenty percent turnout rate in primaries, and not much better in general elections. We have no right to complain ...

Impeach Donald J. Trump

Donald J Trump, possibly facing another bankruptcy, travels to Russia (1987) to seek business with the Russians which brings the attention of active KGB and Vladimir Putin. He then returns to America, financially solvent. Recognizing his ability to play one-side-against-the-other, using the issues of Abortion, Religion, and a Two-Party System along with his new found wealth, he seeds the United States of America's Supreme Court with doubt in a majority of Justices of a single religious alliance and goes on to win the 2016 Presidential election. In the difficult first term, Donald J ...