As I write this on December 20, 2024, we are facing a government shutdown. Why? Mostly because President Elect Trump and "Assistant President Non-elect" Musk, despite a bipartisan plan to keep the government working, think it would be good to shut the government down on Biden’s watch. They ...
Why do we keep electing people who pull this stunt yearly to the U.S. Congress? It has become a joke. One of Congress's primary responsibilities is to set an annual budget. However, here we are, near the end of December, and Congress seems to have forgotten they were elected to perform that ...
One of the most tragic conflicts of the Cold War era (1945-1991), took place between the southeast Asian counties of North and South Vietnam. With some help from the Soviet Union, the communist forces of North Vietnam eventually prevailed. While U.S. support for South Vietnam did not prevent ...
Who'd have thunk it? The Assad regime collapses in Syria after 54 years. Russian President Vladimir Putin's hold on power seems undermined by imperial overstretch, and the mullahs of Iran have been unable to defend their skies and their leaders' hotel rooms from Israeli attacks. Leaders of the ...
During the Christmas season when I was a boy, my mother used to take my brothers and sisters and me down to one of the roughest neighborhoods in San Francisco - to visit some animals that were gathered there. This was the Tenderloin District, which attracted drug dealers, drug users and a sad ...
In the lame duck period before the new administration, Congress is scrambling to pass regulations on pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). Pressure is rising from within Utah as influencers are urging Sen. Mike Lee and incoming Sen. John Curtis to act against them. But this pressure is not ...
