The hoopla has come and gone – what does it all mean?
Memorial Day, Veterans Day, Remembrance Sunday, Armed Forces Day - everybody hoops it up a week or two before it happens and then poof - the flags come down, the flowers soon fade on the graves and take a ride to the trash bin.
We Need to Keep Free School Meals
When California passed the landmark School Meals for All legislation in 2021, we became the first state in the nation to provide free breakfast and lunch for all K-12 students regardless of income.
The decline and fall of the American Empire
A cursory examination of history reveals that the United States is mired in the same process that precipitated the collapse of the great empires of the past. The foibles and failures of human nature and their impact on the rise and fall of empires is amazingly consistent and the end result always inevitable. Can this nation avoid a similar fate?
America aged rapidly in the last decade as baby boomers grew older and births dropped
The United States grew older, faster, last decade. The share of residents 65 or older grew by more than a third from 2010 to 2020 and at the fastest rate of any decade in 130 years, while the share of children declined, according to new figures from the most recent census.
Paralyzed Veterans of America
Good morning, everyone. Carl Blake, thanks for that kind introduction. More importantly, thank you for your selfless service on behalf of your brothers- and sisters-in-arms.
