Month: August 2019
GUEST COMMENTARY: Facing surgery? Some important questions to ask your hospital and doctor, too
Last month the New York Times ran a cautionary tale about the heart surgery and care astronaut Neil Armstrong received and his death two weeks later at a community hospital in a Cincinnati suburb in 2012.
ONE WOMAN’S WORLD: Fake news, real radiation and good TV
Did you happen to see the really good HBO limited series “Chernobyl”? It chronicled the catastrophic nuclear explosion on April 26, 1986, at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Russia.
GUEST COMMENTARY: Artificial Intelligence and the antitrust challenges
In 2019, American business is poised to embrace the commercial benefits of artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning algorithms and artificial neural networks. In a report released this past spring, professional services consulting firm Deloitte e…
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Congress must take action on guns
In the last two weeks there were two mass shootings: one in Dayton, Ohio, and another in El Paso, Texas. White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney was on the ABC program “This Week” and asked to comment how Trump…
GUEST COMMENTARY: We can create public safety beyond police
While visiting his family during winter break, 19-year-old Quintonio LeGrier was shot and killed by Chicago police as law enforcement responded to a 911 call from Quintonio’s father reporting that his son was threatening him.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Bring back days of good debates
I remember long ago when we had the debates for the presidency. One would say, “And to my esteemed opponent … ” Bring those days back.
GUEST COMMENTARY: The “Great Conservative Racism Dilution Plan”
Tucker Carlson set the tone. Liz Cheney brought it home.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Bring back power to states
Today, we have a federal government that continues to overstep its bounds. We can’t vote our way out of the mess Washington has made. We have a runaway bureaucracy, bloated government, massive deficits and well over $100 trillion in unfunded…
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Vote out the right people
A recent letter regarding gridlock caught my eye. It suggested a solution of voting out all incumbents. That is a lazy solution, in my opinion. I would rather see the people of this country take the time to learn who…