The Twilight Zone reigns. Left is right; good is bad; sane is insane. In this topsy turvy mindset the Supreme Court of Alabama — a “pro-life” state — decided that frozen embryos are children, …

It took roughly eight weeks for the glow of The Christmas Carol to fade, at least for 14 Republican governors. The season of light gave us Scrooge, whose self-absorbed meanness made audiences gasp. …

Needed: the wisdom of Immanuel Kant, to curb renegades’ zeal to flout government. nnThe libertarian strain runs deep in America, emerging as a clarion response to rules, laws, restrictions. Pick a …

Tweak the Algorithm is not a feisty battle cry, but it befits this age of AI, of cyberspace, of computerized masses of data. The familiar enemy is the Bigs: Big Pharma, Big Insurance, Big …

To Immigrants: welcome. Enough with the Nazi-tinged rhetoric about keeping a blood line “pure,” free from “impure” (a.k.a. Black, Brown, colored) strains. Enough with blocking those who would …

Oh for a scythe for the political garden, to weed out the dangerous ideas that are spreading, much like kudzu spreads in our yards! A minority of government-hating, or people who profess to hate …

Inertia is strong. Why make a change, any change, when somebody can rise up to warn: Tread carefully. Beware the unforeseen consequences. The status quo works well enough. And when moneyed forces …

Some solons have morphed into pseudo-physicians. Today solons — in 14 states, part-timers — must rule not only on agriculture, zoning, welfare, environment, public safety, schools … but also …

Free market enthusiasts: test your fervor, before you eviscerate Uncle Sam from Health Care USA. Start with the lab tests that tell you whether you have cancer? Lyme disease? Alzheimer’s? …

“Charity”: a selfless virtue. We help because we should, if we can. Charity should not plunge the giver into penury, but charity demands that we-who-have share with those who-have-less. How …

At first the decision seemed in sync with our federalist system: let the states decide on abortion, as though the metrics — women and childbirth — varied by states. After Dobbs replaced Roe v. …

Chief Justice Louis Brandeis labeled states “laboratories of democracy,” free to experiment with new programs, away from the federal government’s edicts. Today singer Oliver Anthony, crooning …

The Annals of Greed teem with humdrum rapaciousness. The Medicare scams, like the pain clinics in California and Oregon, evoke a blasé ho-hum. Medicare and Medicaid are not the only marks. When 18 …

Yikes — what a legacy! In four years. Donald Trump bequeathed us dirtier water, filthier air, widening inequality, a legitimate mantle over “racist nationalists,” election deniers … But wait …

The United States is desperate for nurses. Since COVID, the American Nurses Foundation reports that as many as 100,000 nurses left their hospital-employers, with an estimated 200,000 staff (including …

The woke-police are here! On the chopping block are books that discuss gender (defined at birth, ordained divinely), homosexuality (a curse, a sin, or a confusion), racism (overblown), immigration, …

The dilemma for our fractured political times: Whither common sense? Can ideologues step back from their entrenched stances to enhance our nation’s welfare? This is a plea for small-step decisions …

By now many cities are facing the nursing home catastrophe: some homes, unable to hire enough staff to meet the statutory requirements, are letting beds go empty — or, worst case, are closing. In …

Why let a pandemic go to waste? COVID Capitalism 101 instructs: Seek out the opportunities amidst the despair. COVID left people who depended upon mental health counseling, as well as …

Enter a hospital, a physician’s office, a pharmacy, a rehab center - and presto, you have entered the game of “Gotcha.” In “Gotcha” an insurer throws a surprise fee at you. Naively you …