With great relevance to what’s going on with the Tea Party in Washington, D.C. right now, in March 2012, this column was devoted to a two-part series entitled, “When America Almost Went Fascist (Really!).” It told the story contained in author Sally Denton’s just-published book, The Plots Against the President: […]

In the long, hot Houston Summers of my youth, we would often kill time in our neighborhood by playing board games. There was one kid we never wanted to play with, but he always found a way to weasel his way into the game. As long as he was winning, […]

A short history: The Hermes Birkin bag is iconic. Featured and heralded as the second coming of Jesus in fashion circles since its invention, the Birkin bag is the be-all, end-all of secret luxury. Waiting lists reach into the years, the cost is outrageous, and the exclusivity is unparalleled. This […]

Make no mistake, what’s going on in Washington, D.C. now involves a batch of right-wing elected officials who are refusing to accept the outcome of the 2012 presidential election, and are doing everything in their power to overthrow it. That, ladies and gentlemen, is nothing less than a total disrespect […]

Despite controlling one half of one third of the government, House Republicans initiated a federal shutdown for the first time in 17 years.

Since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law in 2010, millions have benefited from its reforms. Over three million young adults have exercised the option to stay on their parents’ insurance plans. Women are no longer charged more simply because of their gender. And no American will ever […]

There is no moral equivalence in the fight in the U.S. Congress between those willing to shut down the government and those who refuse to give ground on the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.

It was only a month ago that we were worried that a U.S. strike on Syria in retaliation for the poison gas attacks would trigger a wider war in the Middle East sending gasoline prices spiraling.

October 1, 2013 was a glorious day. Although some aspects of the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, went into effect when it was signed into law in March 2010 – passing both houses of Congress and subsequently upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court – on Oct. 1 came its biggest […]

Isn’t it great time to be gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender in America?