Three weeks left till the end of the year and while the economic outlook doesn’t alarm too many economists these days, the rest of us are seeing our household budgets not just being squeezed but, for those who have…
You know the quality of life for many in the United States is deteriorating when a US court grants a temporary reprieve from an unforgiving abortion ban to a Texas woman, who has a fatal condition that has already…
Gun violence is an unnecessary evil of life living in the United States. It’s unnecessary because we wouldn’t have daily reports of gun violence if we had common sense gun laws. We only have to look at other countries…
There seems to be little hope for changing the course of the planet’s climate future from what we’re seeing at the COP28 climate summit. At this point, breaking climate records each month and countries not living up to past…
Whether you blame it on the pandemic, social media or bad parenting, the fact, according to a new global study, is that U.S. students are failing in math compared to their global peers — and that’s a big deal….
For the economy to improve, the Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell warned that more people must lose their jobs. Even a casual scan of the site dailyjobcuts.com reveals the breadth of what businesses across the country are doing to…
There are a number of reasons why people feel they must leave their countries and find new homes elsewhere. Usually, it’s for one or more of these four reasons: love, better job opportunities, peace or freedom. The disdain nationalists…
It used to be that parents had a tighter reign on what kind of music their children listened to. A new study discovers that they were right to do it; China is experiencing a renewed respiratory outbreak that is…
The images from Gaza are devastating. The loss of buildings, lives and a way of life make the thought of rebuilding a distant thought, if it exists at all. Yet, amid all the destruction, lies a bigger fear —…
Like when Russia invaded Ukraine, we all sat on the sidelines, shook our heads and watched as Russia tried to destroy a country it couldn’t have. Instead of putting a quick end to the invasion with troops, the world…
War wears people down. It doesn’t matter if you’re a daily participant or a spectator. We see evidence of that with US’ weariness in continuing to fund the Ukraine-Russia war as we now fund the Israel-Hamas war. Who knows…
On this Black Friday, while many are sleeping late because, well, a lot of us did our “Black Friday” shopping several weeks ago, we are actually waiting for Cyber Monday. Unfortunately, there are scams aplenty just waiting for us….
Today is more than just a day for getting together with family and gathering around the table to share a meal. It’s a day to reflect — on the state of the world, our own history as a nation…
News that Israel agreed to a 4-day ceasefire with Hamas comes as the wave of public opinion against the Jewish State swells to greater heights with yet another country cutting ties and closing Israel’s embassy; Even though retailers like…
Currently, the GOP is on a high. Their frontrunner, Trump, is leading in the polls against Biden. Funny, how short-term are the memories of the GOP, especially the MAGA faction. They seem to have forgotten that a Republican push…
Thanksgiving tradition dictates that we all gather at a loved one’s home, usually an older family member. Someone who probably bought their home either when they were young or traded up — when that was the thing to do….
Aliens passing the planet in their spaceship would probably think that our planet is on the verge of imploding. Who could blame them? Bombs and missiles going off from Ukraine to Israel to the African continent. Volcanoes spewing throughout…
It’s been an open secret that the condition of a public school depended on the neighborhood. Affluent neighborhoods housed public schools that wanted for nothing. In other words, they were fully equipped to educate the ‘whole’ child. Not the…
Just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse for Trump and his gaggle of misfits comes news that Ukrainian officials arrested a local official who not only was colluding with Putin but Rudy Giuliani to boot. He was…
“The U.S. overall is warming faster than the global average, and the state that is transforming the most is Alaska….” The Fifth National Climate Assessment Unfortunately, climate change is more than just a change in temperature. The rippling repercussions…
Today is World Kindness Day. The global theme is “Be Kind Wherever Possible.” In this day and age, this observance takes on an even more special meaning, and because these are cynical times as well, it’s an observance most…
What should be major headlines, alongside the daily updates of the wars in Israel and Ukraine, but are relegated to ‘subheadings’ in the coverage of global unrest, is the news of our own military being attacked and engaging with…
Revoking women’s freedom to choose is proving to be a devastating miscalculation for GOP politicians, as evident by recent elections. However, another (unforeseen) fallout of the super-crusading MAGA right is that these abortion bans are proving more detrimental to…
Standing in a 45-minute line to vote in one of the many state elections held across the US yesterday, a few of my fellow voters griped at how much casting a vote hasn’t changed that much from the times…
At every legislative and federal turn, it seems women’s rights are eroding. Even though the Catholic Church has made it a priority to seriously begin looking at including women in the liturgy, Corporate America seems to be retreating. A…
