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December 18, 2024
Murder of a healthcare CEO: No excuse, no caveatThe murder of Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare, has ignited not only sorrow but a troubling debate. While a family mourns an unimaginable loss, some have co-opted this tragedy to air grievances about healthcare in America. Worse, public figure...
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November 1, 2024
Beyond Band-Aids: Trump’s agenda to support America’s caregiversVice President Kamala Harris’s proposals to expand Medicare for in-home care and fund community services may sound noble, but they're little more than band-aids slapped on a system buckling under inflation, crime, and immigration chaos. Whi...
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February 11, 2023
Distracted by TheatricsAs the first volleys in the 2024 race for the White House echo, Americans brace themselves for two years of bickering, drama, screaming, mud-slinging, and rancor -- and that's just from the media. Observing the histrionics, pearl-clutching, and r...
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March 16, 2022
Why did Russia even have Most Favored Nation status?Before my wife's recent surgery, her neurosurgeon turned to me and said, "Peter, this will be a long procedure, and there's no need for you to stress out in the waiting room. Go back to your hotel, rest, and I...
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August 23, 2021
Send the TSA to the Southern BorderEver secretly desire to remove one of the numerous retractable belts forming the maze in front of TSA checkpoints? Struggling through the twists and turns of the makeshift queue at a major airport, I recently did the unpardonable. ...
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October 18, 2020
Jesse Owens: The man who stood up for AmericaOne moment from a teacher can often last a lifetime. In a sophomore U.S. History class at T.L. Hanna High School in Anderson, South Carolina, Mrs. Nan Drew made one of those moments for me when sharing the story of Jesse Owens and the 1936 Olympic...
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September 13, 2020
Trump's victory must be a routIn Super Bowl XXII, Doug Williams led the Washington Redskins (unclear if referring to them by name is "retro-allowed") to a crushing victory over John Elway and the Denver Broncos. Although Elway started the game with a beautifu...
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September 2, 2020
Self-defense in an America where laws are disregardedEmboldened by the lack of consequences, the political left in this country has escalated from yelling at people in restaurants to physical assaults, property destruction, and even murder. Senator Rand Paul's account of the ha...
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August 21, 2020
Trump on COVID deaths: 'It is what it is'"It is what it is." So said President Trump in a recent interview when asked about the death toll due to the COVID-19 virus. President Trump's statements often trigger firestorms of criticism; this one even swerved...
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August 18, 2020
The elites don't understand the historyAs a conflict in a large church I attended escalated, I contacted an elder to inquire about the situation. Rather pointedly, I asked about the senior pastor in the center of the fracas. "Is there sexual sin?" "No,...
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July 29, 2020
A non-black VP candidate Joe Biden might pickConventional wisdom states that Joe will not only pick a woman, which he promised, but also now pick a woman "of color." How else could Biden possibly convince others that his commitment to minorities exceeds his commitment to ra...
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July 20, 2020
'Adulting' is harder when children are in chargeEven with a vaccine, the coronavirus contagion will not be eradicated anytime soon. For America's aging Baby-Boomer population and those caring for chronically ill or disabled loved ones, that means that brutal choices await us. ...
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July 13, 2020
Resenting your own teamWhile visiting wounded soldiers performing physical therapy at Walter Reed Army Medical Center some years ago, we met a bitter young man whose wounds had resulted from friendly fire. Although an accident, he was struck down by his own team...
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February 21, 2020
The case for SandersWatching Joe Biden pander to "Blacks and Browns" in South Carolina while refusing to stick around to thank his supporters in New Hampshire suggests one descriptor: cringe-worthy. Like wrecks at NASCAR events causing spectators to put the...
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March 26, 2019
Echoes of Lee Atwater in Reinvented Lindsey GrahamMany political junkies still remember Lee Atwater who died 28 years ago from a brain tumor on March 29, 1991. While the passing of the fiery political operative and former GOP national chairman remains largely un-commemorated, an event this past year...