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“Zbig,” a book review

I just finished reading “Zbig: The Life of Zbigniew Brzezinski, America’s Great Power Prophet” by Edward Luce. Brzezinski was born in Poland between WWI and WWII, but he spent most…

The Rest of the Story

…vehicle, attempting to run over our law enforcement officers in an attempt to kill them—an act of domestic terrorism. An ICE officer, fearing for his life, the lives of his…

The National Health

…seen the doctor, most likely he would have suspected more than a pulled muscle and would have ordered a life-saving EKG. As Texas lawyer, writer and Melissa’s friend, Laurie Moore,…

Other Voices, Other Blegs

We try to pretend we’re not actually human sometimes. And sometimes we have to decide not to pretend. Many of the Life Cycle Theory models for economics assume limited borrowing…

Nature bats last

…understood the world not as a machine to bend to man’s will but as a life-supporting organism that reckless humans could damage. They worried about the conversion of wetlands to…

Due process rights

…subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor…