The Joe Biden Show
The Democrat Convention, held last week, was the first time in American history that a major party convention was held on television with no live crowd in attendance. Being the…
Reversal on Appeal of Texas Trade Secret Ruling Offers Promise for Economic Recovery
The coronavirus has wreaked havoc on Americans’ health as well as the health of our economy over the past several months. The real estate industry is certainly no exception. Due…
What about the UAE/Israeli Treaty?
President Trump last Thursday announced the first Middle Eastern treaty in 26 years between Israel and an Arab country. Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will establish full diplomatic…
California’s tax-the-rich folly
The California Legislature is back from its summer recess and has frantically resumed its quest for new revenue sources. One of the latest ideas is Assembly Bill 1253. This proposed…
The Hard Truth about Remote Learning This Fall
The kitchen table will once again serve as a makeshift desk for millions of students when they head “back to school” in the next few weeks. Seventeen of the nation’s 20…
Doing Dialysis Differently – Savings Lives, Saving Money
If all you did was listen to the politicians and commentators, you’d think America’s health care system was on the verge of collapse. Nothing could be further from the truth.…
The China Challenge and America’s Founding Principles
Between June 24 and July 22, National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien, FBI Director Christopher Wray, Attorney General William Barr, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gave a series of speeches…
The Yanukovichization of Belarus
In Ecclesiastes 1:4-11, the author muses over the eternal cycles of human existence. Among the many examples that he brings up, the most compelling one states the following: “What has been is…
Why It’s Common Sense That Universal Mail-In Ballots Are A Terrible Idea
With the upcoming presidential election, the left is increasingly dispensing with logic and common sense as they push for universal mail-in ballots. It doesn’t take much to see what a disaster…
Ten 2020 Issues, Policies, Personalities — and Chance
We’re in uncharted territory: lockdowns, social anarchy and violence, virtual campaigning, and a heap of known unknowns. The nation has never seen an election like this. A mysterious virus from China…
Dear NASA: Don’t Stop With Renaming The ‘Eskimo Nebula.’ Probe Uranus, Too
Finally, NASA is doing something important: Taking a closer look at the nicknames for cosmic objects. In a real and not satiric press release announcing the move, Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator…
The Trump Campaign’s Needed Strategic Triangle
Presently, in the United States of America sanity is on the defensive and ubiquitous idiocy is on the offensive. The destructive fascination with money and power has overtaken not just the…
Trump’s RX Pricing Order Will Have Unintended Consequences
President Trump has signed an executive order that aims to tackle U.S. prescription drug spending, but won’t implement it until the public, including private sector drug makers, can comment. The order pegs…
TikTok collected data from mobile devices to track Android users: report
Video app TikTok, which has come under intense scrutiny from the U.S. government, sidestepped Google policy and collected user-specific data from Android phones that allowed the company to track users without…
For Journalists, History Started Yesterday
It always amazes me just how stupid reporters are. Maybe stupid isn’t the right word, ignorant is more like it. How do people who claim to be the arbiters of…