My wife recently gave me a device that straps to my wrist, promoted by the manufacturer as the “ultimate fitness super watch.” This super watch (Fitbit) from my super wife, communicates with GPS satellites high above the earth, monitors every beat of my heart, and keeps track of every minute of my sleep. It also […]

In my last column (“Not all votes are created equal”) I pointed out that Hillary Clinton’s popular vote margin over President-elect Donald Trump was more than 688,000 votes. Now, with nearly all of the votes counted, her margin is more than 2.84 million votes. Nevertheless, in a close Electoral College race, Trump by virtue of […]

December is Human Rights Month. It’s a time for us to commemorate the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948, and to do our part to reaffirm the dignity and worth of every human being by standing up for human rights. Recent events have brought the […]