Republicans have you believing that going back to 1954 is better. — The debate last night involving John Fetterman and some surgeon-turned-salesman might have you believe that the one candidate seemed unfit because of a speech issue. …

Fox News and conservative media are avoiding the real culprits — Republicans. — A guy in a Ford Raptor pulls up next to me at the gas station and begins to fill his tank. It doesn’t take long before he shakes his head. “Can you believe the price of this shit?” He looks at me. I shrug. “When is this guy going to…

What’s wrong with a Venezuelan Migrant? — After almost 30 years of being a serial entrepreneur, I closed my last business in 2016 and decided to move onto a more predictable lifestyle by working for someone else. …

Who do we celebrate? — The Christopher Columbus debate of today might be as hotly contested as the arguments prior to his voyage in 1492. What insurrection will occur if we denigrate him as the genocidal, bloodthirsty maniac he truly was instead of the bold explorer from our propagandized high school textbooks? …

You can’t stop hiring in a shortage — The Federal Reserve, our nation’s central banker, has been hiking interest rates aggressively in an attempt to lower inflation and stop red-hot housing and hiring markets. Are these old men and women working off a script that no longer works? In a debt-laden economy that also has debt-laden workers, rising…

The true cost of cleaning up natural disasters. — The total damage across all nations from Hurricane Fiona is estimated to be $11 billion. The storm kept its intensity all the way up to Nova Scotia, Canada — a feat seldom accomplished since the water is usually too cold. Hurricane Ian will undoubtedly leave an even higher price tag…

People come into your life for a reason. — It was a night of laughter. The dance floor of the wedding reception shifted and swayed to match the musical rhythms of the room. The groomsmen were four brothers and a cousin. They were also my closest circle of friends. It was the point of the wedding I had seen…

They haunt me. — I am terrified by the sound of onions being chopped. It isn’t a rational or responsible reaction. This vegetable is a source of goodness in the world. The aroma in its translucent, sauteed form is welcoming and homey. An onion, by itself, is inspirational. But if I hold one in…

Sacrifice is a bad word. — The Green Revolution is upon us and the war to cool a warming world is finally beginning with the passing of recent legislation. Only time will tell if it is too little or late but will it be business as usual if we simply trade in our fossil-powered cars and…