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Many are predicting a crazy political year ahead.  Like others I have taken time to reflect on where things have been and how the political winds have changed. My mom who passed years ago, has been top of mind as I contemplate the future.  She was politically active and campaigned locally, for th…

Sorry, but you lost me at Dubai.  As #COP28, the UN’s annual climate conference wrapped up in the Mecca of oil money opulence, I can’t get past how pious climate change crusaders have become. The absolute audacity of jet setting "environmentalists" who gather to craft policies to deprive …

Trust but verify, was a line from former U.S. President Ronald Reagan. I have heard it being used more now as there seems to be an erosion of trust in global affairs. It is a line I believe our news media needs to follow in a world where deciding between what is fact and fiction is only going to …

Protests in support of Palestine are growing here at home and across the world. This is not surprising when seeing images of war and brutality coming out of Gaza. There has also been a call for a ceasefire in the region getting louder as well. I would support this call, if I thought it meant the …