Opinion and Editorial

A few months ago I wrote an article about the dangers of extremism.  I pointed out that Hitler did not seize power in Germany, he was elected by the people. Our new right-wing government was elected by the people.  Fairly and democratically.  The voice of the people spoke.  This

On the very first day of the current legislative session, nine (9) Republican Senators, including Senator Wendy McKamey, betrayed their constituents by joining Democrats to give the Democrats a de facto 27-23 advantage in the Senate despite the fact Republicans should hold a 32-18 majority.  What is the

…a man, a plan, a canal, Panama…  A palindrome - spelled backwards it says the same thing. I was assigned as the USAF member of the Panama Canal Treaty Implementation Planning Agency from 1993-1996. Our agency was responsible to oversee and assist in the transfer of all U.S. government

The following is by novelist Robert Fulghrum first printed in 1986. “The Russians are a rotten lot, immoral, aggressive, ruthless, coarse and generally evil”. They are responsible for most of the troubles in this world. They’re not like us”. That’s pretty much the summary of the daily news

As a child, I vaguely remember visiting the Grotto in the 1960s during the Christmas season, but that is about all I remember. A few weeks ago I had an opportunity to reminisce with a group of senior citizens, whose memories were better than mine, and after that conversation, I

There are only two countries on the face of the earth which allow the advertising of prescription drugs directly to the consumer - the United States of America and New Zealand. The first prescription drug ad in the U.S. was broadcast on 19 May, 1983. The drug was the pain