The second presidential debate, minus the childish behavior
The second presidential debate was held Sunday night, and it wasn’t pretty. At one point, Donald Trump promised to throw his rival, Hillary Clinton, in …
Refugees and terrorists are not the threats to worry about
Humans are fearful animals. We wouldn’t’ still be here if we weren’t. Apes that wander aimlessly into the mouths of large African cats are not …
Refusing to consider collateral damage in war is refusing to consider human lives
In war, it’s often those who have never fired a shot who pay a terrible price. This could be anything from death to becoming a …
The United States has helped stoke violence in the Middle East
The United States has a long and bloody history in the Middle East. Everything from the nightmarish Iran-Iraq War to the grotesque Syrian Civil War …
The curious case of Donald Trump’s tax returns
In 1952, vice presidential candidate Richard Nixon gave his famous “Checkers Speech,” wherein he defended himself against accusations of taking money from his supporters for …
9/11 and the line between rallying cry and propaganda
On Dec. 8, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt said that the Pearl Harbor attacks by the Imperial Japanese would go down in history as a …