I’m going to say something not everybody will agree with, and no, not my usual thing about the concept of table manners being a Deep State plot to keep me from getting invited to dinner parties. Although that is true. What I’m going to say is even crazier than that…

The purpose of this post is to ask a sincere question. In the Israel vs. Hamas conflict, what is the goal of a ceasefire? Today the Israeli effort to eliminate Hamas from Gaza after their inhuman attack on civilians continues well into its third week. As the death toll continues…

Every war throughout history has resulted in casualties among civilian non-combatants. It may have been somewhat easier to contain the damage back when we were fighting with swords and spears. But even then, the huge rocks flung by catapults or the flaming arrows flying through the air often hit more…

My formal foreign policy experience is best described as “scant”. As a state legislator, I mostly just voted on creating sister cities around the world. (Emmaus will never forget you Ulan Bator!). With that caveat stated, I have long been a student of the situation in the Middle East. I…

How do I talk about Trump? This is a sincere question. I need help. And not just the types of help that all of my friends have been begging me to get for years. I need help knowing what to say. I think of myself as being pretty facile with…

In 1832 the US Supreme Court heard a case called Worcester v. Georgia. And no, despite how I look, I can promise you I wasn’t there. It turns out I had a dental appointment that day. The case dealt with the sovereignty of the Cherokee Indians and their rights against…

The last line of the song “I don’t know how to love Him” in Jesus Christ Superstar is “What’s it all about?”. When I saw the musical as a kid, I assumed the line was about the play as a whole, and was an improvised line by an actor who…

Top Rom Coms I am not a snob about many things. Certainly not my wardrobe. I used to dress from K-Mart, now I pretty much just dress from what other people leave at the gym. My bling? I mostly sport Grateful Dead skull necklaces and zoo animals I fashion from…

The Glaring ignorance of Vivek Ramaswamy If I was going into the hospital for brain surgery, I wouldn’t want a “career” doctor to do it. I’d much prefer a surgeon who was only dabbling in craniotomy, and spent most of her time either writing code for video games like “Anthrax…