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May 18, 2022, 5:11 PM

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Milton Friedman and I

What do Arnold Schwarzenegger and I have in common? While I have neither met nor corresponded with Mr. Schwarzenegger, he is someone that I greatly admire. We share a similar outlook on life and have many similar traits. First,...

May 8, 2022, 10:45 PM

Happy Mother’s Day

While studying in college between 2008 and 2017, I noticed a pervasive thread that permeated our world throughout history. No matter how enlightened or advanced the society, women were mistreated. We know that it takes two to bring new...

May 1, 2022, 9:58 PM

Education or Indoctrination? The State of American Education

After a 28-year career in the music business, I decided to return to college in 2008 to finish the degree that I abandoned in 1980. I had grown tired and disillusioned of the industry that Hunter S. Thompson asserted...

Apr 19, 2022, 4:10 PM

In America, you are guilty until proven innocent

The presumption of innocence is one of the most important principles in the American criminal justice system. Although the popular phrase “innocent until proven guilty” does not appear verbatim in the US Constitution, Bill of Rights, or amendments, the...

Apr 7, 2022, 6:59 PM

A Conversation With Mom About Politics, God, and the Republican Party

When I was growing up in America in the 1970s, there was never any open discussion or debate regarding politics and religion in my family. Although religion was not a particularly important part of my parents' lives, they made...

Nov 25, 2021, 7:44 PM

A Conversation with Mom about America

When my father passed away in December of 2013, I made the wise decision to permanently move back in with my mother in the house that I grew up in. This new living arrangement was not very popular...

Feb 4, 2020, 7:01 PM

I’m a Christian, and I Stand With Israel

“The vile, hate-filled poison of anti-Semitism must be condemned and confronted everywhere and anywhere it appears” —President Donald J. Trump. Antisemitism is on the rise worldwide, but it has been particularly virulent in New York City. According to the Jerusalem Post,...

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I was a sociology major at Columbia University, where i received my B.A in 2017, at age 55. My opinion pieces have appeared in the Columbia Spectator, the Tab at Columbia University, and Merion West.

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