As President Trump prepares to head to Alaska to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin to "stop the killing" in Russia and Ukraine, what is being done to stop school shootings in America as millions of children begin returning to their schools this week? In my school days we had two ...
A line from one of Tyler Perry's plays that has always stuck with me is when the brassy matriarch Madea says that the 50s are the hardest decade of many people's lives due to caring for aging parents. In a brief moment of poignant reflection, Madea, whom Perry portrays with a feisty, down-home ...
And you think the Republicans and Democrats are struggling to find common ground on the state budget. Wait till the GOP speaker opens another can of worms to revisit three issues that once dominated the legislative agenda for decades and were finally resolved by the voters way back ...
When debating current issues, it's helpful to avoid inaccurate depictions of past policy, especially on immigration, in which both opponents and advocates of President Donald Trump's policies have views based on not altogether accurate renditions of the past. Many opponents of Trump's ...
This time last year, I struggled with my New Year's resolution to go to the gym. This year I have made significant progress. I am going to the gym on a semiregular basis. And by "semiregular," I mean that I go often enough that I actually remember where it's located between visits. The bad ...
Just a few weeks ago, it was widely thought that Israel and the terrorist group Hamas were nearing a deal to end the war in Gaza. In that deal, Hamas leadership would agree to go into exile, Israeli hostages would be freed from their hellish captivity and surrounding Arab nations could help ...