Millions of us in the United States are deflated, demoralized and even scared after the 2024 presidential election has been called for Donald Trump. How do those of us who not only voted for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz but also may have supported them financially cope with this tremendous loss? How do we move […]
2024 election
The Election Doesn’t End November 5: Additional Steps Leading to Inauguration
As we learned four years ago, the election process for President and Vice President of the United States is many-layered and extends over several months. Not only have candidates been campaigning for what seems to be years; the timeframe to vote, in various ways, has been greatly expanded by a number of states, which means […]
Christian Leaders on Values and the Current Threat to Our Democratic System
As the November election looms, over 200 leaders in a number of Christian groups and denominations have issued a powerful statement linking our current “crisis of democracy” with values held by American Christians. The lengthy statement is comprehensive and argues, “Democracy stands embattled, facing new threats within our nation and new challenges around the globe… […]
The Importance of the Department of the Interior: The Values and Initiatives of Biden-Harris versus Trump
The Department of the Interior, which supervises a number of Bureaus, the National Park Service, and US Fish and Wildlife, is not one of the federal Departments that comes readily to mind by most Americans. But its reach is wide, and the difference between the DOI of the Biden-Harris Administration and the past and potentially […]
All the President’s People: The Vital Importance of the Leader’s Advisors
Yes, the person we elect as our President every four years is extremely important. Most of us hope against hope that he or she will have certain qualities for the job: competence, honesty, wide knowledge of the significant issues of the day, integrity, good mental and physical health, and others. In the complexity that is […]
Senate Races to Watch – and Candidates to Support – in 2024
Since shortly after the 2020 election, Democrats have held a slim majority in the Senate. This has allowed the Biden-Harris Administration to confirm 175 federal justices all over the country and pass significant legislation that would not have passed under a GOP-controlled body. Furthermore, gaining control of the Senate conferred majority leadership on New York […]
Political Violence, Individual Behavior and the Rule of Law: Insights from the Paranormal Evidence
Earlier, we examined the intersection between evil, the devil and how these can impact us in our everyday lives. We drew on the work of postmortem Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the late businessman and out-of-body experience (OOBE) expert Robert Monroe, and medium Chip Coffey to show how paranormal evidence strongly urges us to live ethical […]
The Urgent Role of the US Business Community in Defeating Trump
Donald Trump – twice impeached, once defeated for the presidency, four-times indicted in four different jurisdictions, facing 91 felony counts, and found liable in several civil cases – is on his way to becoming the presidential nominee of one of our two major parties. He has spoken openly, and often, about his desire to be […]
An Excellent Application of the 14th Amendment
“No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of […]