Abortion rights and gun control are among the most polarizing issues in our polarized nation. But with states as red as Kansas and Kentucky (and as reddish as Ohio) upholding abortion rights, plus polls showing considerable consensus on gun control, we may reasonably ask why America keeps getting diagnosed with an identity crisis across the […]

The Israel-Palestine-Gaza conflict and House Republican politics might seem to have nothing in common. But they do. Both yield no hope of compromise. It’s impossible when parties believe they are fighting over a limited resource. That’s called a “zero-sum game.” When one side wins, the other side must lose. It’s winner-take-all. In Israel-Palestine, two groups […]

It has always been a matter of some pride that the persons of my loinage, along with the man I decades ago culled from hundreds of applicants to be my life-mate, are intelligent beings, well read and well educated. They are conversant on many subjects, ranging from the complexities of Buddhism to an adequate debate […]

Black Friday, according to one story, started in the 1950s in Philadelphia, but has since exploded into a global phenomenon extending the whole weekend after Thanksgiving. In 2005,Shop.org announced that Cyber Monday is one of the biggest e-commerce days of the year, and since 2011, the US Small Business Administration has cosponsored Small Business Saturday […]