Church calls on Americans to NEVER call the police

LA Times writer, Jaweed Kaleem, is a thoughtful author who focuses on trends of race and ethnicity that shape our evolving understanding of what it means to be American. Regarding a previous article of his, I pointed out the hypocrisy of the radical Left for calling to remove historical statues from America that possibly offend Native … Continue reading Church calls on Americans to NEVER call the police →

Corporate America Throws White Males Under the Bus

Julie Sweet, CEO of Accenture North America, a large professional consulting firm, wants to accomplish what other executives at most major companies have been unable to do: Make sure men and women are represented equally in company ranks. Her goal is to create a 50% male-50% female workforce by 2025. As of last year, the firm's U.S. … Continue reading Corporate America Throws White Males Under the Bus →

New Mexico is a Sh^thole Place for Teachers, Students and Families

UPDATE 7.24.18: More than half of New Mexico’s public high school juniors cannot read on grade-level and the state has the lowest high school graduation rate in the country. State judge Sarah Singleton ruled the state now has 60 days to devise a plan that the court must approve that aims to help make all students — including those … Continue reading New Mexico is a Sh^thole Place for Teachers, Students and Families →

Marijuana Legalization Reduces Illegal Smuggling from Mexico

The U.S. Border Patrol confiscated a high (no pun intended) of over 3.8 million pounds of cannabis (marijuana) in 2009. Analysts now expect seizures to drop to 0.6 million pounds in fiscal year 2019. This is a reduction of 84 percent. Princeton Policy Advisors show the dramatic drop in illicit drugs nabbed at the U.S. … Continue reading Marijuana Legalization Reduces Illegal Smuggling from Mexico →

hookup, HookUP or HOOKUP?

Why does Washington University Student Media continue to publish Student Life and their annual sex issue on Copulation, Fornication, Semen and Spanks? The simplest reason is it's the most read issue. Americans with our puritan history seem fascinated about our sexual interests and habits — especially Generation Z students — defined as those born in 1995 or … Continue reading hookup, HookUP or HOOKUP? →

State of Hawai’i Cheated Me for Ten Dollars

On Thursday, July 23rd, I was able to observe proceedings before the Honorable Judge Joe Moss, District Court of the Fifth Circuit, State of Hawai'i, Lihu'e Division. I have extensive background in criminal justice and this gave me an opportunity to observe Kaua'i County prosecuting attorney, Justin Kollar, in action. Kollar was elected to the position in … Continue reading State of Hawai’i Cheated Me for Ten Dollars →

Bernie Sanders and Tulsi Gabbard Skewer AG Sessions on Marijuana Policy

Although over 64 percent of Americans say they support the legalization of Recreational Marijuana (72% of Democrats, and a slim majority, 51%, of Republicans), and an overwhelming 94 percent of adults (96% of independents, 95% of Democrats and 90% of Republicans) support Medical Marijuana, Attorney General Jeff Sessions on January 4th rescinded three memos from the Obama administration … Continue reading Bernie Sanders and Tulsi Gabbard Skewer AG Sessions on Marijuana Policy →

More Pregnant Women Using Cannabis

Jacqueline Howard, writing in CNN, summarizes a Kaiser Permanente Northern California study. More pregnant women seem to be using pot — sometimes to ease the nausea of morning sickness or heightened anxiety — and a new study suggests that this slight rise in marijuana use is most pronounced among those younger in age. Summary Findings The prevalence … Continue reading More Pregnant Women Using Cannabis →

Drug ODs Reduce Life Expectancy in USA

Government researchers announced life expectancy in the United States fell for the second year in a row in 2016 — claiming it’s clear the epidemic of drug overdoses is at least in part to blame. Life expectancy for a baby born in 2016 fell to 78.6 years, although a minor decline of 0.1 percent, while … Continue reading Drug ODs Reduce Life Expectancy in USA →

Drug Deaths at U.S. Workplaces Explode

Writing in Wall Street Journal, Harriet Torry alerts us that the number of U.S. deaths at work from unintentional drug and alcohol overdoses jumped more than 30% in 2016. America's struggle with the deadly opioid epidemic is now common to the workplace. Torry highlights the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries … Continue reading Drug Deaths at U.S. Workplaces Explode →