The Opportunity for Redemption Should Be Part of Our Criminal Justice System

Read MoreI just read Leslie Van Houten has been recommended for parole in California. This is a good thing. Let me explain why.

Read MoreI just read Leslie Van Houten has been recommended for parole in California. This is a good thing. Let me explain why.

Read MoreThirteen years ago this week, United States armed forces invaded Iraq under false pretenses. Whay are we still there?

Read MoreJesse Owens died in 1980. But nearly half a century later he remains an intriguing figure in history for what he experienced and endured not just in track and field, but in society as presumably one of America’s “heroes.”
I had the great honor of meeting Mr. Owens in person, once. That occasion took place back in 1976, four years before his death. Permit me to tell you that story.
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Fact: Socialism has drastically improved the lives of billions, including everyone in the United States.
Bernie Sanders needs to do a much better job defining his vision of “democratic socialism.”
That’s because, for millions of Americans, the relatively new political epithet remains confusing, even contradictory.

Read MoreWhen the history of Binion’s Horseshoe does get written, it shall likely be noted that the removal of the famous tourist attraction was one of several nails in the coffin of gambling’s most legendary institutions.