And what can be done? — As a veteran of 32 high school campaigns, I have ‘Teacher Dreams.’ I am told that a great many teachers have similar ‘dreams’. Usually, I am back in a classroom or at a high school event like a pep rally floating in strange, surreal dreams. I find myself trying to…

Why ObamaCare really maters in the Covid Era — It is impossible to comprehend the magnitude of the ACA as the COVID-19 rages. However, one thing is not quite immerging in the never-ending media surge of deaths, infections, and vaccines — namely the costs of hospitalizations from Covid and the more insipid aftermath…insurance coverage. Covid-19 is going to create…

Historians often remind us (because we clearly need reminding) that once there was ‘A Greatest Generation.’ The men and woman of all races and creeds took to the South Pacific Seas, the Normandy Beaches and the White Cliffs of Dover to dismantle murderous regimes. But there was so much more…

Just in case you missed it, on the campaign trail President Trump let out a sound that only someone paying close attention could decipher. Mr. Trump said on Twitter that “people living their Suburban Lifestyle Dream” would “no longer be bothered or financially hurt by having low income housing built…

Mainstream media’s “bothsideism” is unfair to President Biden! — I try to watch MSNBC when I want to get into the weeds of a story; after all, excluding the commercials for every ailment, the 19-minute national news barely surveys the landscape. But the Biden Administration’s main media (TV) outlet can’t see the forest from the trees. It is all…

Trump makes a mess of everything — Things are breaking so fast that I don’t have the time for a long-winded essay on the trials and treasons of Trump and Co. However, let me remind our studio audience that this is not the first time the Republican administration has brought the USA to the brink of disaster. …

They have just morphed into the Far Right — Update: This story was written previous to these two “Breaking News” events. First, GOP Candidate Carl Paladino Calls Adolf Hitler ‘The Kind Of Leader We Need Today.” …

What the Union ought to be — For many years, I sat among my students to gaze at Paul Newman’s performance in the stage play Our Town. The class read aloud the first two acts, but when it came to Act III, when the author Thornton Wilder pondered what so many of us take for granted —…

Otherwise, the “Trump Empire” will strike back — A reader responding to my essay on why the Democrats can win the midterms called me delusional. To be fair, he also thought my optimism was to be applauded. …