The battle for the soul of the Republican Party continues — If you were expecting the far right to crawl back into its hidey hole, and desist from being partisan arsonists and political suicide bombers, you were mistaken. …

Two years after voters booted Trump from the White House, the negative effects of his presidency are still reverberating through our lives. — “We’re pinheads now We are not whole We’re pinheads all Jocko Homo” - DEVO Had COVID been properly managed, it would have been in our rearview mirror as we negotiated our way through 2022. Instead, Trump politicized the virus, allowing anti-vax and other anti-science conspiracy theories to take root and…

The trials and tribulations of Kevin McCarthy — If Kevin McCarthy thought he was owed the House speakership, after long years of bending himself into an ideological and ethical pretzel, and shedding his spine in the process, he was incorrect. …

The world economy is quickly becoming a knowledge-based economy. Human capital and intellectual property have become the key drivers for value creation. The knowledge economy relies heavily on qualified workers. These workers must have up-to-date technical skills and be adaptable in a rapidly changing work environment. This requires continuous learning. …

The looming threat of terrorist drones at home. — The recent vandalism of two electrical substations in Washington has raised concerns about domestic terrorism on the home front (1). On Christmas Day, four Tacoma Public Utilities and Puget Sound Energy were damaged by vandals, resulting in a blackout for 14,000 customers. No suspects have been apprehended as of January…

The moment I first saw an interracial couple embrace, it startled my seven-year-old imagination. — When I was a child, my parents volunteered for a prison outreach organization, which arranged civilian visits to inmates. On one such occasion, my father took me along on a drive to the California Rehabilitation Center in Norco, a men’s minimum security prison. About the first time I visited a…

There’s a reason we’re all mean to each other, and it isn’t completely linked to politics — Do you ever have vague recollections from childhood? Maybe a street where you played? Or the face of a young friend? A few years ago, I had one of those instances. I remembered a blonde little girl that lived on my street. We were in the same grade. So, sometimes…

A drunk driver runs you over, you get blamed… A drunk driver runs a red light and slams into a crowd of pedestrians, gravely injuring several. If this happened in Macedonia, the headline in Western media would be: “Pedestrians Cause Car Accident, Major Damage to Vehicle”. Imagine that every headline…