During this past year, my belief in my fellow Americans has been both reinforced and modified somewhat. I knew that nearly half of our countrymen were OK with pardoning violent criminals who beat law enforcement officers. I knew that half of our population wanted to remove immigrants who crossed the Rio Grande as children decades […]

I see once again that the elected representatives of the Senate and the House in Washington, D.C., have abandoned the American people and gone home for the holidays — without doing anything about health insurance. Let’s be honest, the reason is that they do not care.  No one talks about what they, senators and members […]

I am heartbroken by the news of another child’s death in such a tragic circumstance in Maine. I know that parents, grandparents, and those who work with children have been holding them closer and watching over them with increased care. My prayers go out to the family and to the bus driver involved in this […]

On Dec. 17, Congress disappointed many Americans. A resolution to block the Trump administration from hostilities against the country of Venezuela, without congressionalauthorization, failed by two votes. This was a modest resolution, simply requiring that Congress be included in a deliberative process when there is the possibility of stumbling into a war. The Constitution is […]