[October 12, 2022] Earlier this year, I stood before my township council here in New Jersey to oppose any cooperation with the state to legalize the growing, processing, or distribution of marijuana. Like most other states, New Jersey legalized it but left several avenues for local authorities to impose narrow limits. My point was that there is a… Read More »
[October 11, 2022] Shooting fish in a barrel. Yes, that is what I thought, too, when it came to light that LA City Council President Nury Martinez, a Democrat, made racial slurs against her colleague’s black son. Ho hum, no surprise. Another day, another political leader said out loud what they thought of the rest of us. This… Read More »
[October 10, 2022] Confusion over one’s gender has grown from a small part of “deviant” Western culture into a massive wave of fad, fashion, and art. Everyone seems to be on board the transgender train hurdling down the tracks to an end that no one can rightfully envision but will undoubtedly result in a crash. Not many folks… Read More »
[October 9, 2022] Iran is again in the midst of massive protests against its Islamic fundamentalist government. The good news from all this outpouring of grief for 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who was targeted by Iran’s “morality police,” is that Iranians have not been silent over their loss of freedom. We should all be proud of their bravery, for… Read More »
[October 8, 2022] Since the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces on February 24th of this year, the war has demonstrated that what we believe about the conflict is often proved wrong by facts on the ground. Since my article titled Lessons Learned from the Ukraine War, several lessons have come forth. The article identified five lessons;… Read More »
[October 7, 2022] Consider for a moment that we could restructure our society and consciously eliminate inequality through various policies. Assuming this is a worthy goal, which we could argue, the one thing that would be of value is to look at various countries today and separate them based on inequality measures. We can do this without much… Read More »
[October 6, 2022] “The facts ma’am, just the facts.” Audiences herd police Sergeant Joe Friday on the 1950s TV series Dragnet, say this line at least once per episode. Despite always getting his man, Joe Friday was never involved in a trial by jury where the jury was deceived. In an article by Jon O. Newman titled The… Read More »
[October 5, 2022] My wife and I have been watching several shows that cater to those interested in the lives of cowboys. One recent show, Ultimate Cowboy Showdown (2019 – current), is a competition that judges who is the “best cowboy.” Both men and women compete. In this competition, we see the cowboy code on display and the… Read More »
[October 4, 2022] The American mid-term election is only a month away, and my cell phone is already filling up with text messages, emails, and phone call messages. But 2024 is not that far away either. Some things are predictable, like Hillary Clinton wants to run again in 2024 for President. So does Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and… Read More »
[October 3, 2022] The biggest predictors of lifetime success are intelligence (measured as IQ) and conscientiousness (industriousness and orderliness). There is little you can do about your intelligence except preventing its decline through proper physical exercise. Industriousness and orderliness also have a strong biological component, meaning it will be difficult to gain these traits without hard work. According… Read More »