November 26, 2020

American Stasi

History. It's a curious thing. We learn from it, or at least we should, and we try to use it as a guide for the present and the future. Of course, we all interpret it a bit differently. At the close of World War II in 1945, the nation of Germ...

July 14, 2014

Impeachment of President Obama? Not So Fast

The drumbeat gets louder nearly every day. Cries for impeachment of our current president seem to echo off the walls of strongholds of the political right and are even heard deep in the recesses of left’s fortresses. Sarah Palin is perhaps...

July 4, 2014

Two Profound Rulings

Yesterday, June 30th, 2014, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) handed down two decisions. In the Harris v. Quinn ruling, SCOTUS ruled 5-4 that the First Amendment prohibits the state from compelling personal care providers to subsidize s...