Opinion Pieces

The leaked draft of the Supreme Court Roe v. Wade decision, when combined with the replacement theory pushed relentlessly by Tucker Carlson, Elise Stefanik and others, has created a deadly, evil and inexcusable hypocrisy within the Republican Party leadership that shocks the mind. On one hand, in the world of strident Republican leaders, every life […]

Americans really care about fairness.  This is perhaps most easily and most dramatically apparent in NFL football games.  We all can remember the disastrous season with the replacement referees.  Fans felt that the outcome of some games was determined due to bad calls by well-meaning, but ill-prepared referees. And to this day there is still

The concept of the “Tragedy of the Commons” explains a lot of human behavior.  The fish in the sea are a “common” resource, and our individual tendency is to take a little more than our share, which collectively means that, without regulation, fishing areas are almost always depleted. Most often, when things get really bad,

In this day and age of people complaining about the federal government, it is worth the time to reflect on all the important rights and policies provided by our government that we count on and take for granted. Despite the noise, the federal government, at least in the past, has reacted to major challenges facing