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As Food Prices Rise, Give to Those Who Are in Need
Eggs have never been a regular item on my grocery shopping list, but toward the end of last year, I began buying more of them because I was experimenting with various turkey meatloaf recipes. When I had extra time to cook breakfast, I prepared scrambled eggs using avocado oil as a base. Due to the ongoing effects of the 2022 bird flu outbreak,...Read more
Trump's Tariff Threats Can't Win the Unwinnable War on Drugs: After Promising to Stop the Flow of Drugs During His First Term, the President Blames Foreign Officials for His Failure
"I'm gonna create borders," Donald Trump promised during his 2016 campaign. "No drugs are coming in. We're gonna build a wall. You know what I'm talking about. You have confidence in me. Believe me, I will solve the problem."
Trump did not, in fact, solve the problem: The annual number of drug-related deaths in the United States rose by 44% ...Read more
Trump's Citizenship Decree Signals His Willingness to Flout the Constitution: The Executive Order Contradicts the 14th Amendment and 127 Years of Judicial Precedent
In practical terms, Donald Trump's attempt to nullify birthright citizenship by executive decree, which ran into immediate legal trouble last week, is probably the least significant element of his immigration crackdown. But it is telling as an indication of the president's willingness to disregard the law in pursuit of his agenda.
Under the ...Read more
Working Toward a Just, Racially Harmonious World
This year's National Day of Racial Healing, sponsored by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, emphasized the importance of children growing up in supportive communities that nurture their talents and stimulate their desire to learn in school. In a short video presentation, the foundation's president and CEO, La June Montgomery Tabron, discussed how all...Read more
Biden and Trump Show Presidents How to Abuse Clemency: Biden's Preemptive Pardons and Trump's Blanket Relief for Capitol Rioters Both Set Dangerous Precedents
Monday was a big day for presidential clemency, but that does not mean it was a good day. Both outgoing President Joe Biden and incoming President Donald Trump used that power in self-interested, shortsighted ways, sacrificing the public interest to benefit political allies and, in Biden's case, family members.
Biden granted preemptive ...Read more
Reflecting on MLK's Legacy and Lessons
"Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy." -- Jude 24
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. used the beginning of this scripture in his "Strength to Love" chapter, "Our God Is Able." This message is undoubtedly needed as encouragement for those who have already ...Read more
The Law That Disarmed Trump Is Unfair, Illogical and Constitutionally Dubious: The President-Elect Lost His Second Amendment Rights Thanks to a Nonsensical Gun Ban
President-elect Donald Trump's sentence of "unconditional release" for violating a New York law that prohibits falsification of business records entails neither jail nor probation. But unless Trump successfully challenges his 34 felony convictions on appeal, he will suffer a lifelong penalty that should trouble civil libertarians across the ...Read more
On immigration, taking a lesson from 1924
A century ago, President Calvin Coolidge signed the Johnson-Reed Immigration Act, also known as the Immigration Act of 1924, which precipitated a two-generation-long pause in mass migration.
Upon Coolidge’s signature, multiple benefits to citizen workers ensued immediately. Immigration dropped from 707,000 in 1924 to 294,000 in 1925. Within...Read more