The yield on the 30-year Treasury bond has climbed back to where it stood in 2007, north of 5%, and it pushed a little higher again this week after the Federal Reserve left its own rates alone. On its face, that sounds almost reassuring, a return to some pre-crisis normal. It is nothing of the ...
In a display of Stockholm Syndrome, the White House Correspondents' Association invited Donald Trump to be the keynote speaker at their annual festival of self-appreciation. Because he is who he is, he did not take the opportunity to do the kind of gentle press ribbing that past presidents ...
Made in God's Image To the Editor: The idea that humans are made in the image of God comes from Genesis 1:27 of the KJV Bible which states, "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them." Thus both equally possess an eternal spirit capable of personal fellowship with their Creator. Men and women share all spiritual attributes not shared by animals, i.e., moral conscience, appreciation of beauty, abstract thought, and especially the capacity to worship and love God. The framework of the United States Constitution assumes a ...
We are born with an ego - from a baby's first cry to our death. Most can control their ego, protecting themselves and others from harm. Some give it free reign, causing the fallout to be substantial. History is full of people who let their ego get the best of them. Dr. Anthony Fauci, who rose ...
What is the death count under Donald Trump? We're not talking about loss of life in his war with Iran. We're not talking about natural deaths by aging or unpreventable diseases. We mean Americans who die because they refuse safe vaccines that Trump or his health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy ...
President Trump's performance at last Friday's retooled White House Correspondents' Dinner made me nostalgic for the days of Vice President Spiro Agnew, President Richard Nixon's media attack dog. In a speech, Agnew called politicians critical of Nixon administration policies "nattering nabobs ...
