More Thoughts on Iran

Again, I would like to start out by saying; above all else, I really hope this situation in the Middle East can somehow work towards bringing lasting peace and stability to the region.

I invite civil, bipartisan discussion on this post.

I had some more brief thoughts on the decision by Donald Trump to…..

To Declare War

The Congress shall have the power… To declare War.

U.S. Constitution: Article I, Section 8

For the second time already this year, the United States military has launched a major operation…..

Contempt of Congress

Last week, the House Oversight Committee voted to hold Bill Clinton (and Hillary) in Contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with a congressional subpoena to testify before a committee on the Epstein Files.

While this hasn’t moved to a full House vote, and I think it may have been premature, I am inclined to agree with Congress – why should they get to decide the terms of their testimony? If the subpoena…..

Collateral Damage

Our rights should never be subject to collateral damage. 

Today we are having our rights stripped from us as collateral damage in the name of immigration enforcement.

I encourage civil, bipartisan discussion on this post.

For the second time in a week, an individual was killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).  Also for the second time in a week, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) immediately…..

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

“Actually, we who engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is already alive. We bring it out in the open, where it can be seen and dealt with. Like a boil that can never be cured so long as it is covered up but must be opened with all its ugliness to the natural medicines of air and light, injustice must be exposed, with all the tension its exposure creates, to the light of human conscience and the air of national opinion before it can be cured.”

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

On this holiday weekend honoring Martin Luther King, Jr., I have been…..