It’s the same every year. Just as winter threatens to engulf us, we finally get the gardens put away. This year, the cornfield was the last to be finished. It belongs to my son; he raises corn for all our families because he has the field and the irrigation water. So we pitch in to help. He ...

Recently, Californians voted against Proposition 33, a ballot measure that would have allowed cities across the state to impose broader rent control policies. Despite record-breaking campaign spending — over $150 million between supporters and opponents — 62% of voters rejected the ...

Donald Trump has won America's presidential election. Many have long worried that a Trump victory would place American democracy in jeopardy. Washington Post Columnist Ishaan Tharoor, for example, detailed myriad ways he thinks a victorious Trump would subvert American democracy: “As my ...

America approached the 2024 election like there were only two choices for the future of the country. Those two choices were two individual personalities championing the policies of two different political parties. There actually was and is a third choice. It may not have been on the ballot, ...

I’ve decided I want to be a hermit. Did you know that being a hermit was actually a legitimate job back in the day? Can you imagine? No Zoom meetings! No meetings of any kind! I’m an introvert. I absolutely loved not having any social obligations during COVID. In some places during the ...

In 2010, I published an opinion piece in the Standard-Examiner on certain myths about the national (federal) public debt. It seems that during national election times, parties — especially the Republican Party — tend to revive concern and myths about the current national debt, despite the ...