Month: March 2014

We, the people, of the United States of America have a problem. As a nation, we don’t care enough. “What the hell are you talking about, Steven?” I can hear some of you say. “I care about a lot of things....

Nearly every day now I am seeing new profiles on the opioid addiction epidemic in this country, and that’s a really positive development. A year ago, all the news coverage seemed to be strictly local, and it was mostly to...

I have written a lot about European right-wing demagogues across the union of 28 nations. The likes of Filip de Winter (Belgium), Geert Wilders (Holland), Le Pen (France), Nigel Farage UKIP in the UK, Hungarians, Greeks {Golden...

Unfortunately, Steven D lost his mother on Thursday at the age of 79. Apparently, she was overtaken suddenly and unexpectedly by an infection in her kidneys that spread, causing sepsis. I’ll let him fill you in on the...

While the Wall Street Journal (subscription) informs me that the House Republicans will introduce a budget focused on deficit reduction, the Washington Post’s Robert Costa informs me that Eric Cantor is trying to get the...