Oh, happy day! Thanksgiving, I mean – our annual pause for family gatherings to celebrate the rich and tasty diversity of America’s harvests....

An 1887 critic of Britain’s government rightly proclaimed that “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” For today’s American government, though, that adage needs a small but significant amendment: update: Money corrupts, and...

How about some good news for a change? News that has nothing to do with Donald Whatzizname. News you might even use. It’s about “The Library of Things,” a real library, but different....

An essential part of our children’s education is learning proper moral behavior. And who better to deliver that ethical guidance than politicians? Huh? Bizarre, yet this is the conclusion of the GOP’s theocratic Christian Nationalist...

A headline on a recent news article caught my eye, for it declared, “Americans Disagree on Everything.” I said to myself: “I disagree with that!”...

Texas: What the Hell? The Lone Star State’s government, a wholly-owned corporate subsidiary, solidified its ranking this year as America’s #1 innovator of really bad public policies....

Roaring 20s novelist, F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote: “Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me.” Well, yes… they’re rich!  ...

When will top Democratic party officials recognize that today’s electorate is not made up of moderate centrists? Rather, most Americans are anti-establishment rebels who’ve been knocked down, kicked out, and told that they don’t matter....

Years ago in Juarez, Mexico, I wandered into a carnival sideshow that flabbergasted this Texas country boy. Stumbling out, I murmured: “Now I’ve seen everything… and then some.”...

Our country’s magnificent National Park System has been called “America’s greatest idea.” These 433 treasures – along with our rich diversity of national museums and historical sites – each have their own stories to tell....