Decades of pro-automobile policies will be difficult to unravel as cities attempt to reduce the effects of climate change.  Yet, change must come. Already, air pollution from automobile emissions takes the lives of  100,000 Americans each year. Eliminating cars from the city has bee

I support Elizabeth Warren’s bid for President of the United States.  She has plans to address our multiple problems.  I admit I couldn’t swear by any of them.  Take her wealth tax plan, for example.   Generally speaking, a wealth tax works like this: “You calculate a house

In the dark days of winter, I admit there are occasions when curling up like a sow bug to stare at my navel seems to be the best response to the world. For two days, for example, my computer was on the fritz. When it eventually beamed back at me with renewed life, the news headlines s

I may have told this story before, but while in public office and after a day of fierce debate on social policy, I stepped down from my dais and stormed into my office with a staff member following in my wake.  My voice as dripping with incredulity as I turned to complain to that you

My friend from the retirement center looked worried as we entered a coffee shop that also made chocolate confectionaries.   Surrounded by bonbons of every size and flavor, I wondered that anyone could wear a frown. “What do you think of this Soleimani business,” the woman mutter

The creeping loss of personal privacy seems to increase exponentially. The public is aware of the growth. A June report issued by the Pew Research Center revealed: “Americans are concerned about the data collection practices of smart speakers, and similar listening devices.” (“Y

Less than 3 months ago I lost a dear friend to lung cancer. To think of it still feels like being stabbed through the heart with a rusty knife. I’d known him since he was a boy of seventeen, had watched him grow, marry and have a family.  Yet throughout those years I never knew he

Recently, U. S. Attorney William Barr delivered a speech at the University of Notre Dame which defended a role for religion in government and attacked secularism as a moral decay that threatened the country. His remarks have been widely criticized by academics, historians and members

During the seasonal exchange of greeting cards, one friend replied to my holiday message as follows: “Among our grandchildren disenchantment is not an option.” Most grandparents would nod knowingly at that statement.  I have no grandchildren myself, but I have witnessed the u

As I walked down a hall at the retirement center the other day, a man tapped me on the shoulder. Turning around, I saw his expression was friendly though it bore the look of surprise. “Say, I finished your book, Gothic Spring last night. Ya know? It was pretty good.”   That said,