Breaking News

Bipartisan energy affordability opportunity during lame duck

American voters have spoken. And in our 250th anniversary year, it's encouraging to know that our Constitutional order has survived another election. Yes, we finalize our political battles in the private voting booth. It appears yet again that the majority of American voters prefer a ...

Another crisis?

"There is an epidemic of suffering!" says New York Gov. Kathy Hochul. "A mental health crisis!" says Vice President JD Vance. Alarmist media agree: "Mental health crisis among U.S. teens," reports The New York Times. The Wall Street Journal: "America's mental health is worsening." As ...

Close relationships between adults

Relationships that involve friendship, love, or both are desirable and valuable. Such relationships are very important as children and as adults. Psychologists call this type of relationship Attachment. It starts as an infant because of the infant’s need to be protected and need to survive. ...

In politics, the witty disarm the nitwits

An especially repellant political race is about to fade from the headlines. It would have been less ugly had more politicians traded invective for wit. Humor can take the edge off while retaining the bite. "Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand," Mark Twain said. Clever retorts ...

The unauthorized war

President Donald Trump says that the Iran war will end "soon," a promise he's been making most of this year. Eventually, he will be right, but it hasn't happened in time for the midterm elections, and his party is bearing the brunt. If Republicans get thumped, all the polling suggests ...

The hangover month

Of all the months of the year, November most closely resembles a hangover. This is not just because it follows the twin bacchanals of Oktoberfest and Halloween. It’s also due to the fact that here in the Northland average high temperatures are plummeting and days are growing shorter at a ...