Ever since the MAGA/ultra-right infiltrated US politics, the common lament has been how they’re taking the country backwards — the overturning of Roe V. Wade, book banning/censoring, the proliferation of gun access/carrying without regard to safeguards, the discrimination of…
Bullies, gossipers and disinformation-spreaders can’t get enough of hearing their own voices. Yet, as we’re seeing with the Fox News-Dominian trial, talk isn’t cheap. Weekend headlines hinted that the judge in the Fox News trial was delaying the start…
It could be my imagination but it seems that the cases that went before the US Supreme Court didn’t all hinge on transforming the country. Nowadays, every other case seems to be monumental ones that impact the nation. It…
Whether we like it or not, or love listening to the most optimistic in the Federal Reserve, there’s going to be a recession in the next few months. Some say it will be mild. Others forecast an event that…
The pandemic, aka Covid, ushered in a number of life changes. Most notably, remote working and relocating to destinations, where we might have always wanted to live, but remained a dream until Covid came along. Now we know how…
Can people truly be impartial? From personal experience, I’ve found that if someone doesn’t have, as the saying goes, “a dog in the fight,” they’re more apt to see things objectively. However, if they have strong feelings on a…
It’s no accident that today’s Daily Habit begins and ends with headlines about Mexico. On the one hand, our ‘esteemed’ GOP wants to bomb our most popular-vacation-destination-neighbor and trading partner, and on the other hand we’re already doing joint…
When it comes to immigration, we’re too used to equating it with international migration. Yet, Americans ourselves are not opposed to migrating — and we’re doing it at a quickening pace; If Russia was angered by Finland’s admission into…
We know the climate is changing for the worse. We only have to see the impact of tornadoes, hurricanes, tsunamis, rising sea levels, etc. on people everywhere. So, why is the one culprit we know escalates climate change on…
Two historic events happened within 24 hours as of this writing — Finland gave up its impartiality and joined NATO; and a former president was indicted on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. Each event is impactful in…
On this day, the 45th President of the United States will be indicted on charges that, to most Americans, don’t mean a whole lot because it’s not personal to the average American. However, it doesn’t negate his guilt or…
The international collaboration that sped the development of vaccines effective against COVID proved two things: 1. Medical ailments are global, meaning not one country, a.k.a. people suffer alone; and 2. International cooperation, thinking as ‘one world,’ is the way…
No matter where you fall on the political spectrum, the indictment of a former president is historic for the US. Other countries have long viewed their political leaders as fallible and prosecutable, unless they’re a Russia, China, North Korea,…
Once upon a time, the US was seen as shouldering the ills of the world. Forget that we covertly started wars and created social chaos where it benefited US interests but overall, we did pay/support countries experiencing challenges, natural…
One certainty, for even the most casual student of history, is that there has always been one group/tribe/faction/party of people who want to dictate to the majority what to think, behave and believe. Case in point: GOP lawmakers are…
One kind of war that is fought in the media with ad campaigns and politicians parroting the same tagline is the war against drugs. Of course, we don’t want our children being targeted by drug dealers, decent people turned…
The prior president held a typical political rally over the weekend. Typical in that it was filled with complaints, threats, retribution, name-calling and mischaracterizations. Yet, as much as this former president wants to be seen as a victim, the…
History will remember the GOP party of these times as the “BAN” party. They want to ban abortions, transgender children (basically), children’s books they deem too explicit on any issue, sex education, LGBTQ people, talk of any kind of…
Interest rates are rising again and inflation is holding steady. It’s a new normal that the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, warns is going to be bumpy; How can we blame Ukraine for saying that negotiating a…
A new study finds that child mortality is on the rise at the fastest rate in 50 years. What’s propelling it? Two issues that illustrate the stark contrast when Congress does too much and nothing at all; Ironic that…
How much louder, sound more dire and paint a gloomier picture of our future do climate scientists have to do to get our attention that climate change isn’t just real but happening, is worsening and forcing more people from…
Today is the International Day of Happiness! I confess it’s hard to find something to be happy about among today’s headlines. At least, global central banks vow to keep dollars flowing which (hopefully) means no more bank failures and…
Military duty has long been known as being stressful. Depending on what kind of action is seen, it’s also something that triggers PTSD and lies at the root of why so many have committed suicide. Forced to address the…
The economy is coming to a full boil. We have only to pay attention to the news to know this: Evictions have exceeded pre-pandemic levels; and Goldman just raised their expectations of a recession. Not to mention the biggest…
There’s been some social media ‘chatter’ that the Supreme Court justices are trying to assume more power than they’re legally entitled to have. Case in point: a new case before the Court is seen as the most important transgender…
