“You can pay me now or you can pay me later.” Many people know that famous auto repair slogan. When it comes to public policy, people prefer to pay later. A U.N. Nobel Prize panel on climate change recently reported the earth’s temperature is climbing much faster than expected. It forecast that we are close […]

Hayes and Caron should bow out It’s fabulous that Terry Hayes and Alan Caron have been running for governor. The founding fathers said we have to actually participate in our democracy if we want to keep it healthy. And those two have been participating hard. So I thank them for that. But in the end, to truly succeed, we […]

“What you are seeing and what you are reading is not happening.” Donald J. Trump at a rally in July, 2018 “The party that told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and your ears. It was their final, most essential command.” From the novel “1984” by George Orwell America, some say, has become […]

If I wake up in the morning and I’ve got an unusual pain in my knee, or a tick bite I missed with a ring around it, I call my doctor and schedule an appointment. And because I have health insurance, my only concern is following my doctor’s advice and getting well. But if I […]